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#WATCH | Baba Siddique Murder | Congress leader Supriya Shrinate says, " I pay my respect to Baba Siddique...today the way law and order situation has gone for a toss in Maharashtra, this is a serious issue...he has Y+ security and there used to be NSG with him...still it… pic.twitter.com/Z4WxCzaRoU
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#WATCH | Baba Siddique Murder | Congress leader Supriya Shrinate says, " I pay my respect to Baba Siddique...today the way law and order situation has gone for a toss in Maharashtra, this is a serious issue...he has Y+ security and there used to be NSG with him...still it… pic.twitter.com/Z4WxCzaRoU
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Siddique’s murder could be pre-planned: Police
The murder Siddique is suspected to be a pre-planned act, a Mumbai police official said on Sunday.
Police have also said the crime branch has launched a probe into the case from different angles, including a possible contract killing, business rivalry or threat over a slum rehabilitation project.
The latter pertains to the dispute over the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) project.
While two of the alleged assailants have been arrested, another accused is on the run and efforts are on to trace him, police said.
The arrested accused have been identified as Gurmail Baljit Singh (23), resident of Haryana, and Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap (19), native of Uttar Pradesh, as per the police.
A case has been registered against the three accused under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections, including for murder, as well as provisions of the Arms Act and the Maharashtra Police Act, they said.
Multiple teams have been set up by the Mumbai police for a probe into the case.
Baba Siddique may have died prior to hospitalisation: Doctors
A doctor from the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, where Baba Siddique was taken after he was shot at, has said the former Maharashtra minister probably died before being shifted to the medical facility.
Siddique was unconscious when he was brought to the Lilavati Hospital on Saturday night after being shot at. Doctors tried for almost two hours to save him, but in vain, he said.
After being shot at, Siddiqui was taken to the Lilavati Hospital where he was declared dead.
Speaking to reporters after the incident on Saturday night, doctors at the medical facility said, "There were two wounds of gunshots at the front of his chest. There was lot of blood loss, and he was unconscious when his family members brought him to the hospital."
Asked whether Siddique had passed away before being brought to the hospital, one of the doctors said, "It is possible. There was no response from him when he was brought in. He was unconscious. We undertook resuscitation, but Siddique was declared dead at 11.27 pm on Saturday."
The doctors stated they tried for almost two hours to save his life. The NCP leader was first taken to the emergency ward and later shifted to the ICU. There was no heart activity, they said.
On other injuries the NCP leader may have received, the doctors said the autopsy would reveal the exact number and nature of wounds.
"We had no time to check how many gunshot-related wounds were there. The postmortem will reveal further details," they said.
Shooters claim they belong to Lawrence Bishnoi gang
The shooters have claimed that they belong to the gang of notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.
The killers were allegedly paid in advance and got their weapons delivers a few days ago, reports said quoting police.
#WATCH | Congress leader Atul Londhe Patil says, "The murder of Baba Siddique is very unfortunate and this is an example of the deteriorating law and order situation in Maharashtra...from small children to a political leader, nobody is safe in Maharashtra...this govt has no… pic.twitter.com/nqtBybAEid— ANI (@ANI) October 13, 2024
The names of the two arrested accused are Gurmail Singh who is from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap who is from Uttar Pradesh. The accused had done recce of Baba Siddiqui's house and office premises, they were in Mumbai for one and a half to two months and were keeping an eye on him. The search for the third accused is on, several teams of the Mumbai Crime Branch are investigating this case: Mumbai Police