Zeeshan Siddique is an MLA from Bandra East.
Mumbai:
In his first response after his father and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot useless final week, Bandra East MLA Zeeshan Siddique has stated he and his household need justice. Mr Siddique additionally made an attraction that his father’s dying shouldn’t be politicised and nor ought to it go in useless.
In a publish on X on Thursday, Zeeshan Siddique wrote: “My father misplaced his life defending and saving the lives and houses of poor harmless folks. As we speak, my household is damaged however his dying should not be politicised and undoubtedly not go in useless. I NEED JUSTICE, MY FAMILY NEEDS JUSTICE!”
Baba Siddique, 66, was shot useless by three males exterior Zeeshan’s Bandra East workplace round 9.30 pm on Dussehra, October 13. Police had stated six bullets had been fired at him, 4 of which hit him and one other hit an aide within the leg. Siddique was rushed to the Lilavati Hospital, the place he was declared useless.
Two of the shooters, Gurmail Baljit Singh from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh, had been arrested quickly after the homicide whereas Shiv Kumar Gautam, who can also be from Uttar Pradesh, is on the run.
On Sunday, Kashyap had claimed in a Mumbai court docket that his age was 17 regardless of his Aadhar card stating that he was 19, and a bone ossification check had been ordered. On Monday, the outcomes of the check proved that he’s not a minor.
Police sources stated the suspects have claimed that they work for gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who’s lodged in Gujarat’s Sabarmati jail, and the identical declare was made in a social media publish on Sunday. The Fb publish was made on the deal with of 1 Shubuu Lonkar, believed to be Bishnoi gang affiliate Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar, claiming accountability for the homicide.
Police stated the publish was made by Lonkar’s brother, Pravin, who was arrested from Pune on Sunday night. On Tuesday, one other arrest was made within the case – that of Harishkumar Balakram, 23, from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh. Balakram labored as a scrap seller in Pune and officers stated he was a part of the conspiracy to kill Baba Siddique.
The alleged handler of the three shooters, Mohammad Zeeshan Akhtar, can also be on the run and the police are searching for him in addition to Shubham Lonkar. Look-out circulars have been issued in opposition to each of them in addition to Shiv Kumar Gautam.
Congress To NCP Swap
Baba Siddique, who was a three-time MLA from Bandra West, was related to the Congress for 48 years. He had stop the social gathering in February and joined Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP). Zeeshan Siddique was expelled from the Congress in August.
The NCP chief was murdered forward of the Meeting elections in Maharashtra and the opposition has attacked the Eknath Shinde-led ruling BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena coalition over the law-and-order state of affairs within the state.
After the killing, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) President Sharad Pawar had stated folks within the authorities ought to take accountability and step down from their posts.
“The deteriorating legislation and order state of affairs within the state is a matter of concern. It’s unhappy that former state minister Baba Siddique was shot useless within the nation’s monetary capital, Mumbai. If the House minister and the rulers will take the state’s automobile ahead with such leniency, it may be a warning signal for the frequent folks. This not solely must be investigated, the rulers want to simply accept accountability and step down from their posts. My heartfelt tribute to Baba Siddique and condolences to his household,” he wrote in Marathi on X.
Chief Minister Shinde stated legislation and order had deteriorated beneath the alliance led by the opposition coalition, which is called the Maha Vikas Aghadi, and promised that the folks answerable for Siddique’s killing wouldn’t be spared.
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