According to the police, total number of arrests in the case now stands at nine, while three key persons are on the run

The investigation also disclosed that the accused involved in Siddique shooting case used to communicate through social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram to stay under the police radar.

The Crime Branch will probe if these five have any link to the firing outside actor Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai's Bandra area in April

The five individuals arrested on Friday are believed to have conspired in the planning and execution of Siddique's murder. With the latest arrest the total number of arrests have raised to nine.

The Mumbai on Friday arrested five more persons were in connection with the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 9. Those arrested were sent to police custody till October 25 by a Metropolitan Magistrate court in Mumbai.

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

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has arrested five more persons in connection with the killing of ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and businessman Baba Ziauddin Siddique in Bandra 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.

Five more arrested in connection with NCP leader Baba Siddique's murder, total arrests now at nine, linked to Bishnoi gang.

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.