Baba Siddique murder: ‘Delhi Police’s Special Cell to assist in case investigation’
The Hindu
Baba Siddique murder case: Delhi Police team to assist Mumbai Police in investigation
A team from the Special Cell of the Delhi Police will be going to Mumbai to assist in the investigations into the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) leader Baba Siddique, police sources said on Sunday.
Baba Siddique (66), a former Maharashtra Minister, was waylaid by three men at Kher Nagar in Mumbai’s Bandra area just outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique’s office and shot on Saturday night.
“A team of four to five members from the Special Cell will go to Mumbai to investigate and assist the Mumbai Police. The team will look into the gangster angle,” the source said.
Meanwhile, the Haryana Police said on Sunday that Gurmail Baljit Singh, one of Siddiqui’s alleged three shooters, who is in custody, has a prior criminal history, including a murder case against him.
His family said on Sunday they had disowned him 11 years ago and have called for exemplary punishment for his actions.
Mumbai Police has arrested two of the alleged assailants — Mr. Singh from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh native Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap. A third accused, Shiv Kumar, is on the run and efforts are on to nab him, police said.
Giving details of Mr. Singh’s criminal record, Kaithal Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kalia said he was arrested in a murder case in 2019, in which he got bail later.
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