Mumbai Police investigating the murder case of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddiqui conducted an ossification test of accused Dharmaraj Kashyap in which it was proved that he is not minor, an official said on Monday.

Mumbai police had arrested Gurmail Baljit Singh (23), a resident of Haryana and Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap (19), from Uttar Pradesh, whereas there one aide, who was at the spot during the firing, fled from the spot.

A bone ossification test ordered by a Mumbai court revealed that Dharmaraj Kashyap, an accused in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique who claimed to be a minor, is an adult.

The Mumbai police have arrested a 28-year-old man from Pune who along with his brother 'enlisted' two of the three alleged shooters in the Baba Siddique murder case, an official said on Sunday.

Three accused in politician Baba Siddique's murder are now in police custody, including a co-conspirator and another whose claim of being a minor has been ruled out by a bone ossification test.

Dharmaraj's lawyer had claimed that he was a minor, following which the court ordered an ossification test.

Two accused in Baba Siddique's murder were arrested from the spot after shooting at the NCP leader outside his office in Nirmal Nagar on Saturday. Another accused, the "prime conspirator", in the murder was arrested on Sunday.

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Mumbai police have arrested man from Pune who along with his brother “enlisted” 2 of the 3 alleged shooters in the Baba Siddique murder case.

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