Baba Siddique killing: NDA govt has arrested two accused within 24 hours

Both accused are being questioned by senior officers from Mumbai Crime Branch

New Delhi, India: A day after Maharashtra former minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique was shot dead in Mumbai, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Sunday that no one can escape the law in Maharashtra, asserting that the NDA government has caught two accused within 24 hours.

Terming the incident as "tragic", the BJP leader said politics should not be done on this.

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"The Maharashtra government of Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar's NDA government have caught two accused within 24 hours. The search for one accused is underway and he will also be caught soon," said Bhandari.

"Politics should not be done on this. Baba Siddiqui was a big leader. In Maharashtra, no one can escape the law. Within minutes of the crime, police came into the action. They formed a special team. CM Eknath Shinde is monitoring the entire investigation," the BJP leader said.

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Crime Branch has registered a case at Nirmal Nagar Police Station in connection with the murder under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Arms Act and Maharashtra Police Act.

The case has been registered at Nirmal Nagar Police Station under Crime Registration No. 589/2024, Sections 103(1), 109, 125, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3, 25, 5, and 27 of the Arms Act, and Section 37 and section 137 of the Maharashtra Police Act.

Siddique, a leader in Ajit Pawar's faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was shot at near Nirmal Nagar in Bandra. He later succumbed to his bullet injuries at Lilavati Hospital late Saturday night.

The police have also revealed the identities of two arrested accused and made some shocking revelations about their planning. The two accused have been identified as Gurmail Singh, a native of Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, the accused were in Mumbai for some time and were keeping a close eye on Siddiqui.

The police also mentioned that the accused had done recce of Baba Siddiqui's house and office premises and were in Mumbai for one and a half to two months and were keeping an eye on him.

"The search for the third accused is on and several teams of the Mumbai Crime Branch are investigating this case," the police mentioned.

Both accused are being questioned by senior officers from Mumbai Crime Branch.

As per the police, the accused were paid in advance for this work.

"They had received arms delivery a few days ago. The accused have been questioned by Mumbai Crime Branch officials for the last eight hours," Mumbai Police said.