Baba Siddique Homicide: Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested three extra individuals in reference to the homicide of NCP chief Baba Siddique. One other individual, a Haryana native, suspected to be an important hyperlink between a shooter and the mastermind of the homicide plot, was additionally arrested.
The three folks arrested from Pune late Wednesday night embody Rupesh Rajendra Mohol (22), Karan Rahul Salve (19), and Shivam Arvind Kohad (20). All of them are residents of Pune. Their involvement within the case has been established and so they have been arrested, Mumbai Crime Department stated. Amit Hisamsing Kumar, 29, was nabbed from Haryana.
Police suspected Amit Kumar’s involvement in hatching the homicide conspiracy and its execution. Some suspected monetary dealings involving him and one other accused are additionally beneath police’s scanner, information company PTI reported citing an official.
In response to the police, Kumar is a crucial hyperlink between one of many shooters Gurmail Singh, who’s in custody, and the alleged mastermind of the conspiracy Mohammed Zeeshan Akhtar, who’s on the run. The preliminary investigation revealed that Akhtar was the widespread hyperlink between homicide conspirators and shooters.
Against the law department crew nabbed Amit Kumar from Haryana on Tuesday night and introduced him to Mumbai on Wednesday morning. He has been remanded in police custody until November 4.
Baba Siddique, 66, was shot useless exterior his son and MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s workplace in Mumbai’s Bandra space on October 12. These arrested to this point in reference to the case embody two suspected shooters Dharmaraj Kashyap and Gurmail Singh. Nevertheless, the principle shooter Shivkumar Gautam and two conspirators stay at giant.
To this point, the investigation suggests {that a} Thane-based five-member contract killing module was given the contract to kill the previous Maharashtra minister. Nevertheless, the module had backed out of the killing contract after a disagreement on a sum of Rs 50 lakh, which it was demanding for executing the crime. Given the clout of the late politician, the module had been offered logistical assist and different help wanted for finishing up the hit. However, regardless of this, they backed out over the contract cash, PTI reported citing police.
Investigators are but to ascertain the motive behind the homicide. The case is being probed from varied angles, together with enterprise rivalry, contract killing, or threats over a slum rehabilitation venture in Mumbai.
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