A new revelation has emerged in the murder case of former Maharashtra minister and NCP (Ajit) leader Baba Siddiqui. According to the Mumbai Crime Branch, Akashdeep Gill, who was arrested from Fazilka in Punjab, used the labor's mobile hotspot to talk to mastermind Anmol Bishnoi and other conspirators.
According to the police, Akashdeep supplied arms and other facilities to the attackers. During interrogation, Akashdeep said that to evade the police, he switched on the mobile phone of a laborer and spoke to Anmol and others.
Meanwhile, the crime branch made the 26th arrest in the case on Friday. Sumit Dinkar Wagh (26) resident of Akot taluka of Akola district of Maharashtra was arrested.
According to the police, Sumit transferred money from the account of Karnataka Bank's Petlad branch in Anand district of Gujarat to accused Gurmel Singh's brother Naresh Kumar, accused Rupesh Mohol and Harish Kumar.
The crime branch said it transferred the money online using a SIM in the name of arrested accused Salman Vora. This amount was transferred at the behest of absconding accused Shubham Lonkar.
Baba Siddiqui was shot dead on the night of October 12 in Bandra East area. He was going to sit in his car outside the office of his son, MLA Jeeshan, when assailants on bikes opened fire on him. He died during treatment at around 11:30 pm.
Shubham and Sumit Akol are close friends According to Crime Branch, both Shubham Lonkar and Sumit Wala are residents of Akot taluka. Both are close friends. They were together in college too.
4 things related to murder…
- On November 12, Mumbai's Fort Court remanded four other accused, including the main accused and shooter Shiv Kumar, to police custody. These people were arrested by a team of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and Mumbai Crime Branch on November 10 from Nanpara area of Bahraich, UP.
- Police have also arrested Salman Vohra and Akashdeep Singh in connection with the murder. Vohra is accused of paying for the murder. According to information received from a senior officer of the Mumbai Crime Branch, after the murder of Baba Siddiqui, a big leader from Pune was also on the radar of the Bishnoi gang.
- According to sources, Shubham Lonkar, mastermind and wanted accused of the NCP leader's murder on November 16, had allegedly planned the murder of accused Aftab Poonawala, who was arrested in the Shraddha Walker murder case.
- According to sources, Lonkar, allegedly associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had planned for a month straight to kill Poonawalla in 2022 at Delhi's Saket Court. Accused Aftab is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail No. 4.
4 information came out in the police investigation…
1. The money was delivered by Harish The fourth accused, Harish Balkaram, was arrested on October 15. He was a mediator. Accused Praveen and Shubham Lonkar gave Rs 2 lakh to shooter Gurmel Singh and Dharamraj Kashyap. This money was channeled through Harish. Harish is the cousin of Praveen and Shubham. Along with the money, two mobile phones were also given to the shooter, who was living in Pune for the past 9 years.
2. Given a photo of Baba and said – this is the goal The accused used Snapchat app for chatting and Instagram for making calls. To identify Baba Siddiqui, the accused were given Baba's photograph and told that he was the target. Reiki of house and office was also done 25 days before the incident.
3. Accused Shubham was caught in the firing case at Salman's house. Shubham (Shubbu) Lonkar, who claimed responsibility for Siddiqui's murder, was also questioned in the actor Salman Khan case. In April 2024, bullets were fired at Salman Khan's house. In this case, the police detained Shubham Lonkar and interrogated him. However, the police had to let him go as there was no evidence against him.
4. Shubham's family were criminals, the whole village feared his father and grandfather. A neighbor of Shubham's village told Dainik Bhaskar that, 'His father was an alcoholic. Due to this addiction, his lands were sold. After this the family started working as labourers. Shubham and his brother Praveen shifted to Pune 6-7 years ago when money was tight. Both ran a dairy there.
'Both brothers used to come to the village frequently. The last time Shubham came in June. Shubham has studied only upto 10th. Praveen also left his studies midway. Shubham's father used to work as a laborer in the village. They started coming to the village in expensive bikes and cars from Pune. …
Baba Siddiqui: Beginning of Politics from Bandra; 3 times MLA, once Minister Three-time MLA Baba Siddiqui is a big face of Congress in Maharashtra. In February 2024, he joined Ajit Group's NCP. Baba's son Jeeshan Siddiqui is a Congress MLA from Bandra East. Baba, who was once very close to Sunil Dutt, also held the charge of Food Minister of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008.
Their Iftar parties during Ramadan are famous. In which Bollywood celebrities also attend. Baba Siddiqui was also involved in real estate business. He had the contract to develop two slums in Mumbai. His son Zeeshan also has several real estate companies, restaurants and properties in his name.
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There has been silence in Newri village of Akola district of Maharashtra for two days. Seeing strangers, people enter the house. Police vehicles are coming. Shubham Lonkar's house is in this village of Akot taluka. Shubham claimed responsibility for the murder of former Maharashtra minister and NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) leader Baba Siddiqui. He is associated with gangster Lawrence and is said to have been talking to Lawrence's brother Anmol. (…)
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