The murder of former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique last month shocked the country.

He was shot dead by three assailants in Mumbai’s Bandra area on October 12.

Infamous
Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility for the attack.

As the investigation continues, shocking new details emerge in the case.

Police said it has been revealed that the main accused in the murder case, Shiva Kumar Gautam (alias Shiva), stood outside Lilavati Hospital, where the politician was taken after the shooting, to ascertain whether the politician was dead or survived the attack.

The defendant waited in front of the hospital

Shiv, the shooter, told police that he and two accomplices fled the scene shortly after the shooting.

After quickly changing his shirt, he explained that he hid it and the murder weapon in a bag and threw it under a parked car.

He then stood in the crowd outside Lilavati Hospital for 30 minutes to ascertain whether Siddique was dead or survived the attack.

“He stood outside to check that his ‘job’ was being done properly, listening to what the crowd was saying.” Times of India He quoted a police official as saying.

According to the publication, Shiv left as soon as he learned about Siddique’s demise.

He also said that he took an auto from the hospital to Kurla railway station, from there he went to Thane and from there to Pune.

He waited for a few hours before boarding the train to Uttar Pradesh.

According to TOI, he had destroyed his phone on the way and bought a new one from Lucknow.

According to the accused, he was supposed to meet his aides Dharmaraj Kashyap and Gurmail Singh at Ujjain railway station, where a member of the Bishnoi gang would take them to Vaishno Devi.

However, the plan failed as Kashyap and Singh were arrested by the police.

his arrest

Mumbai Crime Branch and Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Shiv along with Anurag Kashyap, Gyan Prakash Tripathi, Akash Srivastava and Akhilendra Pratap Singh near the Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh.

Police said the four aides provided him shelter and helped the main accused escape from the country.

According to the police, his four close friends had strange late-night chats on social media platforms and these played a key role in locating Shiv.

According to officials, suspicious activities of Gautam’s four friends, including buying clothes of various sizes and arranging to meet him on a bike in a remote forest about 10 kilometers from Nanpara, prompted the investigation.

Shiv was found hiding in a village of 10 to 15 huts about 10 kilometers from the Uttar Pradesh town of Nanpara.

Murder of Baba Siddique

On October 12, three men shot dead Siddique outside his son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Mumbai’s Neelamnagar district. The NCP leader, who had two bullet wounds in his chest, was taken to Lilavati Hospital for emergency treatment.

Consequence of the attack according to Mumbai Police
months of planning. Earlier, the accused had even bugged outside Siddique’s house and office for one and a half to two months and was keeping an eye on him.

Shiv reportedly revealed that the NCP leader was killed due to his “close links” with escaped gangster Dawood Ibrahim and Bollywood actor
Salman KhanHe was on the ‘hit list’ in the 1998 poaching case.

Shiv, a Class 7 dropout, was promised 10 lakh rupees, a foreign tour and monthly expenses once he finished his work. He has two older sisters who are married and two brothers aged seven and 11.

He comes from the village of Gandara in Bahraich, where he has no criminal history. According to locals and police, he had gone to Pune to work in a scrap shop. But he said he had recently posted content flaunting his “gangster” status, according to police. News18.

He was also in direct contact with gangsters.
Anmol Bishnoibrother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi via social media Indian Express.

Police have arrested 23 suspects in the case so far.

According to information, wanted suspect Shubham Lonkar and two arrested persons Gaurav Apune and Rupesh Mohol allegedly went to Jharkhand forest.
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With input from agencies