Another person arrested in NCP leader Baba Siddique murder case
The Hindu
Gaurav Vilas Apune arrested in connection with the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique in Pune.
A 23-year-old man was on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) arrested from Pune in the murder case of NCP leader Baba Siddique, police said.
Gaurav Vilas Apune, a resident of Karvenagar locality of Pune city, is the 16th person to be arrested in the case. A court here sent him in police remand till November 9.
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A team of the Mumbai Crime Branch took him in custody as the questioning of some of the arrested accused showed that he was involved in the conspiracy to attack Siddique, a former Maharashtra Minister, a police official said.
He had been trained in the use of firearms by some of the absconding accused. He had been promised a substantial amount of money for his role in the conspiracy, the official said.
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