The Lawrence Bishnoi angle can also be being investigated.
Mumbai:
Baba Siddique solely had non-categorised safety and three policemen had been assigned to him for his safety, the Mumbai Police mentioned on Sunday, a day after the previous Maharashtra minister was shot lifeless outdoors the workplace of his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique, in Bandra East.
Addressing a press convention, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Department) Datta Nalawade additionally mentioned one of many police personnel was with Siddique, who’s a member of the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP, when he was shot round 9.30 pm on Saturday.
“A case was registered and the investigation was handed over to the Crime Department. After the firing, police personnel on the spot confirmed braveness and arrested two accused whereas one managed to flee. We have now bought the custody of one of many accused until October 21. Two pistols and 28 rounds have been recovered,” the police officer mentioned.
To a query on whether or not Mr Siddique had Y-level safety as was initially reported, Mr Nalawade mentioned he had non-categorised safety and three police personnel had been assigned for this objective.
The accused who’ve been arrested have been recognized as Gurmail Baljit Singh from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh. Police are in search of the third shooter, Shiv Kumar Gautam, who can also be from Uttar Pradesh.
Mr Nalawade mentioned they’re trying into the information of all accused and are additionally in contact with their colleagues from the hometowns of the accused.
“We’re investigating when the accused got here to Mumbai, the place they have been dwelling and who harboured and financed them,” he mentioned.
Earlier on Sunday, the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had taken duty by way of a publish on Fb by one Shibu Lonkar, believed to be Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar, an affiliate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Within the publish, Lonkar claimed that Siddique had been killed as a result of he was linked to India’s most wished terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, was near Salman Khan and due to the demise of Anuj Thapan, one of many arrested suspects within the capturing outdoors Mr Khan’s home in April, in police custody.
When Mr Nalawade was requested about this, he mentioned the publish and the Lawrence Bishnoi angle are being investigated.
Safety has been tightened round Salman Khan’s home, Galaxy Flats, in Bandra. A good safety cordon has additionally been put in place in South Mumbai’s Malabar Hill, the place the residences of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar are positioned. Siddique, who had been a part of the Congress for 48 years, had switched to Mr Pawar’s social gathering earlier this 12 months.
(With inputs from ANI)
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