The Mumbai Police swung into action after the high-profile murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique. The police are also investigating the probable angle of murder regarding the Bandra slum redevelopment project, which the NCP leader protested.
According to the information, a slum redevelopment was to be done in Mumbai's Bandra area. Siddique was against the redevelopment and has protested it. Regarding the objection to this project, Siddique's son and MLA Zeeshan was booked in August at Kherwadi Police Station. He was accused of misbehaving with the officials who went to review the SRA project. Subsequently, Zeeshan also organised a hunger strike in protest against the project.
Mumbai Police teams raids in 3 states
The Mumbai police's 15 teams are raiding several locations across 3 states. Meanwhile, Delhi Police is also set to send a team for the investigation as they believe that a suspected gangster's motive behind the murder of Baba Siddiqui was to establish his influence in Mumbai.
Assailants identified
So far, the Mumbai Police have arrested two accused named Gurmaill Singh and Dharmraj Kashyap. The third accused has been identified as Shiv Kumar alias Shiv Gautam, who was supposedly heading the plan. The police are making efforts to nab him.
Lawrence Bishnoi gang connection
The arrested accused have stated that they are the members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, a claim that the Mumbai Police are verifying. So far the reason behind the contract killing is not clear. According to the sources, Mumbai Police are also planning to visit the Sabarmati Jail, where Bishnoi is lodged. Police are looking for legal procedures in that direction.
Notably, the assailants shot multiple rounds of bullets at Siddique outside his son MLA Zeeshan Siddique's office, after which he was taken to the Lilavati Hospital. Meanwhile, the assailants were arrested from the site. Later, doctors at the hospital declared him dead.
