The Mumbai Crime Branch on Thursday arrested two more accused in the Baba Siddique murder case. The Mumbai Crime Branch presented the arrested individuals, Aditya Gudankar and Rafiq Shaikh, in Esplanade court.
According to officials, the suspect, identified as Gaurav Vilas Apune (32), was nabbed in Maharashtra's Pune, taking the total number of arrests to 16 in the case.
One of the key eye-witnesses in the Baba Siddique murder case was threatened by an unknown caller who demanded Rs 5 crore from the person, Mumbai Police said on Wednesday.
Nine accused in the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique were presented before the Esplanade Court in Mumbai after their police custody ended on Saturday.
Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav has said that Sujeet Sushil Singh, who was arrested in Ludhiana on Friday, was involved in the conspiracy in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique and provided logistical assistance to the shooters.
In the latest development in the Baba Siddique Murder case, accused Amit Hisamsing Kumar has been sent to the custody of Mumbai Crime Branch till November 4 by the court on Thursday.
The Mumbai police on Thursday issued a look-out circular (LOC) against Shubham Lonkar, an absconding accused in the murder case of NCP leader Baba Siddique.
Two days after the death of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (Ajit Pawar faction), Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) MP Milind Deora asserted that the Maharashtra government will leave no stone unturned to maintain peace in the state.
Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader Sanjay Nirupam on Monday appealed the opposition parties in Maharashtra to refrain from doing politics over Baba Siddique's murder, adding that the state government has taken up this case as a 'challenge.'
A court in Mumbai sent Pravin Lonkar, the third accused in the Baba Siddique firing case, to police custody till 21 October on Monday. Earlier today he was produced before Esplanade Court after a medical checkup.
The ossification test of Dharmaraj Kashyap, an accused in the murder case of NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique, was conducted by Mumbai police, and it was confirmed that he is not a minor, officials said on Monday.