The arrested shooter of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed that Baba Siddique was “not a good man” and had connections with India's most-wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim. Baba Siddique, the NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister, was murdered in a shootout by three armed men.
The 66-year-old NCP leader was attacked outside son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Mumbai's upscale Bandra area on October 12 night. Hours later he succumbed to injuries at Lilavati Hospital.
Yogesh, with pseudonym Raju, linked with the Lawrence Bishnoi-Hashim Baba gangs, said, "Baba Siddique was killed because he was not a good man," reported PTI. Notably Raju, who was arrested in Uttar Pradesh, is not associated with the murder case of NCP leader.
Raju faces allegations in connection with the case related to the killing of gym owner Nadir Shah in Delhi's Greater Kailash area last month. Raju was arrested dollowing an encounter with a joint team of the Delhi Police's Special Cell and the Mathura Police on October 17 morning. UP police confiscated a .32-bore pistol, ammunition and a motorcycle that Raju possessed.
According to PTI report there were charges against Baba Siddique under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), who was associated with the man behind the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts - Dawood Ibrahim. "When people get involved with such individuals, something is bound to happen. This is exactly what happened to Siddique," PTI quoted Raju as saying.
He added, “We are given direct targets. Anyone who gets in the way and does something wrong will face consequences.”
On Friday, five more persons were arrested in connection with Baba Siddique murder case, Mumbai police official said. This takes the total number of arrests in the case to nine. Both the conspirator Shubham Lonkar and mastermind Mohammed Zeeshan Akhtar are absconding.
(With inputs from PTI)
