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#BabaSiddiqueshotdead: Fourth Accused Remanded To Police Custody Till October 19 ; One Suspect Still On The Run
A court in Mumbai has remanded the fourth accused arrested in connection with the murder of Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique
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A court in Mumbai has remanded the fourth accused arrested in connection with the murder of Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique in police custody till October 21.
According to report by PTI,The accused, Harishkumar Nisad (23), was apprehended from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, earlier in the day.
The police informed the court that Nisad, who is a scrap dealer in Pune, was also part of the conspiracy to kill Siddique and had provided financial help for the operation.
The police said they needed to find details of the financial transactions and who sponsored them.
The police had earlier arrested Haryana resident Gurmail Baljit Singh (23), Uttar Pradesh native Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap (19), both alleged shooters, and “co-conspirator” Pravin Lonkar from Pune.
They have been remanded in police custody till October 21.
Another suspected shooter, Shivkumar Gautam, who also hails from Bahraich, is still on the run.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi tweeted on X
A man who is under arrest in Sabarmati jail in Gujarat continues to threaten and carry out contract killing in Mumbai.
Our Mumbai Police was never so helpless and toothless as it seems under this Gujarati duo serving CM of the state. pic.twitter.com/li6SudqGir— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) October 13, 2024
