Some leads found in Baba Siddique murder case, says Devendra Fadnavis

Baba Siddique, a distinguished Muslim chief from Mumbai, was additionally identified be near a number of Bollywood stars, together with Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt. (Picture: PTI)

He was taken to the Lilavati Hospital the place he was declared lifeless.

“Everybody of us has been shocked due this horrific and tragic incident. Baba Siddique was very near me, we had labored collectively for years,” Fadnavis mentioned.

“Some leads have been discovered, however I can not reveal them now. Some angles behind the assault are additionally discovered, however police will speak about it as soon as the authorized process is over,” the BJP chief mentioned.

Nationalist Congress Occasion (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar has focused the state authorities, saying there’s a must take duty over the incident and for the rulers to step down.

Requested about Sharad Pawar’s feedback, Fadnavis mentioned, “He’s solely eager on attaining energy even when such critical incidents have taken place. His eyes are on energy, whereas we’re taking a look at Maharashtra and its improvement and security.”

A Mumbai police official on Sunday mentioned they’ve come throughout a viral put up on social media within the title of an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang claiming duty for Siddique’s homicide.

“We’ve got seen the viral social media put up, we’re verifying its authenticity,” the official mentioned.

Notably, some Bishnoi gang members had been held in reference to the firing exterior Bollywood famous person Salman Khan’s residence in Mumbai in April this 12 months.

Baba Siddique, a distinguished Muslim chief from Mumbai, was additionally identified be near a number of Bollywood stars, together with Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt.

The Mumbai police have launched a probe into the killing of Siddique from totally different angles, together with a potential contract killing, enterprise rivalry or risk over a slum rehabilitation challenge, officers earlier mentioned.

The homicide is suspected to be a pre-planned act, a police official mentioned.

BJP additionally asserted that these concerned within the killing of NCP chief Baba Siddique is not going to be spared, and slammed the opposition events for indulging in “petty politics” on the crime.

“Baba Siddique was an awesome human being. We’re all saddened by his homicide. Two of these concerned in his homicide have been caught and probe is on to search out out those that have been behind this,” BJP nationwide spokesperson and former Union minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain instructed PTI.

Maharashtra Police is not going to spare anybody concerned in Siddique’s homicide, he asserted.

“The complete nation is saddened by his homicide however the opposition leaders are indulging in petty politics on this concern,” he mentioned.

Leaders of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress are making “extraordinarily petty statements” on the incident, he mentioned.

“It’s totally unhappy that such sort of politics is occurring. We’re all saddened by this incident. There needs to be petty politics on this concern,” Hussain added.

Senior BJP chief and former Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi additionally slammed the opposition leaders and mentioned it was not proper for them to make “insensitive remarks on such a delicate concern”.

He mentioned Siddique’s homicide is an “extraordinarily critical felony incident” and people concerned in will probably be caught.

The opposition leaders are speaking nonsense as they’re dealing with a “dearth of logical arguments”, he instructed PTI.

First Printed: Oct 13 2024 | 2:39 PM IST