Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by three men in Mumbai's Bandra area on October 12.

Shooter Yogesh, from the Lawrence Bishnoi-Hashim Baba gang, revealed how the gang selects targets and communicates from jail. He boldly said, "Baba Siddiqui wasn’t a good man; he had an MCOCA case against him.

The Mumbai police probing the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique has issued a look-out circular (LOC) against three accused, including main shooter Shivkumar Gautam, to prevent them from fleeing the country, an official said on Thursday, October 17, 2024.

Based on specific information, raids were carried out by the Crime Branch in Panvel and Karjat in neighbouring Raigad district, leading to the arrest of these five persons for conspiracy related to the crime and its execution,

On October 12, former minister and NCP (Ajit Pawar) leader Baba Siddique, 66, was assassinated in Bandra (East). Just a few days earlier, on October 5, Sachin Kurmi alias Munna, 45, the Byculla Vidhan Sabha Taluka president of the same political faction, was murdered in the Ghopadev area of Byculla.

Yogesh Kumar, a key shooter in the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, arrested after a police encounter linked to the murder of Afghan-origin gym owner Nadir Shah in Greater Kailash. The suspect boasts about gang connections and further crimes,

NCP leader Baba Siddique was murdered by shooters in Mumbai on2. As per the police, Pravin Lonkar's brother Shubham is allegedly associated with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

Four accused have already been arrested in the matter so far. The other two named in the LOC are the “co-conspirator.”

Mumbai police have issued a look-out circular for Shubham Lonkar, who is absconding in the NCP leader Baba Siddique's murder case. Investigations reveal the conspiracy began three months ago, with plans hatched in Pune.

Baba Siddique, a member of the ruling Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra, was shot multiple times while he was leaving his son's Bandra office on October 12.

On the day of the shooting, the shooters chose to take an autorickshaw instead of their motorcycle because they had fallen from the bike a few days earlier.