NEW DELHI: Mumbai Police have discovered {a photograph} of NCP chief Baba Siddique’s son, Zeeshan Siddique, within the cellphone of one of many arrested suspects in relation to Siddique’s homicide.
The police revealed that the picture was despatched to the suspect by their handler by Snapchat.
“Investigation revealed that the shooters and conspirators used Snapchat to share data with messages being deleted after directions got,” the Mumbai Police defined.
Ram Kanojia, one of many arrested suspects, disclosed that he was initially provided the contract to kill Baba Siddique. He had demanded one crore rupees for the duty, the Mumbai Crime Department famous on Saturday.
In line with Kanojia’s assertion, fugitive suspect Shubham Lonkar initially approached him for the contract. “Kanojia, who hails from Maharashtra, knew the implications of killing Baba Siddiqui, which is why he was hesitant to take the contract. This led him to demand one crore rupees for the job,” the crime department mentioned. Subsequently, Lonkar opted to rent shooters from Uttar Pradesh.
Kanojia additional talked about that Lonkar believed people from Uttar Pradesh won’t be totally conscious of Siddique’s prominence in Maharashtra and would settle for a decrease charge. In consequence, Lonkar employed Dharma Raj Kashyap, Gurnail Singh, and Shivkumar Gautam from Uttar Pradesh for the homicide.
A glance-out discover has been issued for Shubham Lonkar and two different suspects, Shiv Kumar Gautam and Zeeshan Akhtar, who’re suspected of attempting to flee to Nepal.
Baba Siddique was shot outdoors his workplace in Nirmal Nagar and was taken to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. He sustained two gunshot wounds to the chest and succumbed to his accidents on October 12.
