Comic Munawar Faruqui & Shraddha killer on Lawrence Bishnoi hitlist

MUMBAI: Standup comic Munawar Faruqui and Aftab Poonawala, who’s going through trial for the grotesque homicide of his Palghar-based girlfriend Shraddha Walkar in Delhi in 2022, have been on the hit checklist of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the architect of the homicide of former state minister and NCP chief Baba Siddique, police stated. This revelation got here out through the interrogation of Shivkumar Gautam alias Shiva, the principle shooter within the Siddique homicide case.
Gautam advised police that wished accused Shubham Lonkar expressed concern for the delay in eliminating Siddique. “Lonkar advised Gautam that one other module that he had assigned to focus on Faruqui could meet with success earlier than them. This prompted Gautam and the opposite two shooters, Gurnail Singh and Dharamraj Kashyap, to expedite their job on Dusshera ,” stated a police officer.
In Sept, the group planning the assault on Faruqui had checked right into a Delhi resort the place the comic was put up as he was to carry out within the Capital. The gang was livid over his remarks on Hindu deities. Nevertheless, with the well timed motion of the intelligence companies, the assault was foiled. In Oct, Mumbai police enhanced Faruqui’s safety in view of the risk from the Bishnoi gang.
In the meantime, following studies that the arrested accused Gaurav Apune, Rupesh Mohol, in addition to Gautam and Lonkar had visited a naxal-affected area of Jharkhand and met a key member, Mumbai police have intimated Nationwide Investigation Company, which is more likely to take over the investigation or register a recent case.