India’s notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for the assassination of former minister and member of the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP, Baba Siddique, it emerged on Sunday.
Baba, 66, was gunned down outside his son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Mumbai’s Bandra East last night.
Police believe three shooters were involved in the ex-minister’s murder.
According to Indian police, two of the suspects — Gurmail Baljit Singh, 23, from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap, 19, from Uttar Pradesh — have been arrested.
Hours after the horrific incident, Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility for the murder through a social media post.
Police and other security agencies were investigating the post, reportedly linked to a Facebook account belonging to Shubuu Lonkar, who, sources suggest, may actually be Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar — an associate of the Bishnoi gang.
It is pertinent to mention here that Lonkar was taken into custody earlier this year from Maharashtra’s Akola for possession of illegal weapons and is believed to have strong connections with the Bishnoi network.
During police interrogation, Lonkar admitted that he was in contact with Anmol Bishnoi, Lawrence’s brother.
The probe into Siddiqui’s murder has also revealed that two of the shooters, Dharamraj Kashyap and Shiv Kumar Gautam, hail from Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich.
