Baba Siddique murder: Killers used youtube for shooting practice, says Mumbai Police
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have arrested four individuals in connection with the murder of former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique, with three suspects still on the run. The accused, Gurmail Singh and Dharamraj Kashyap, allegedly learned to shoot by watching YouTube videos, according to reports from ANI.
The police revealed that the suspects had conducted surveillance of Siddique's residence and office 25 days prior to the incident. Gurmail Singh and Dharamraj Kashyap reportedly practised shooting in Mumbai without a magazine, having studied shooting techniques online. A black bag containing a 7.62 mm gun was recovered as part of the investigation.
The fourth suspect, Harishkumar Balakram, a 23-year-old scrap dealer from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended for allegedly providing financial support and coordinating logistics for the murder. Balakram's shop in Pune employed two of the suspects, Dharmaraj and Shivprasad Gautam, who are still at large.
Baba Siddique, 66, was shot dead outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in the Nirmal Nagar area of Mumbai on Saturday night. Despite being rushed to Lilavati Hospital, he was declared dead on arrival. The assailants are suspected to be associated with the Bishnoi gang, whose leader Lawrence Bishnoi is currently in Gujarat’s Sabarmati Jail.
Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch is leading the investigation and has recorded statements from over 15 individuals, including eyewitnesses present at the scene of the murder.
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BS Yediyurappa appeals to MLA Yatnal's group to work unitedly to strengthen party
Bengaluru, Nov 26: With a group of Karnataka BJP leaders led by Bijapur MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal holding a parallel agitation over the waqf issue, veteran party leader B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday accused them of doing it because of their "self-conceit", and appealed them to work unitedly to strengthen the party.
The former Karnataka chief minister also said that everyone should take the responsibility for the party's defeat in the Assembly bypolls for three segments, even as the BJP's performance is being seen as a "setback" for his son and state president B Y Vijayendra.
"State president B Y Vijayendra has appealed to Basangouda Patil Yatnal and others to stop protesting separately, and work with us unitedly. Despite this, because of their self-conceit, they are doing such things. It is not right on their part," Yediyurappa said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "I appeal to them at least now to come forward and cooperate to strengthen the party together."
When told that they are not willing to work unitedly with the state's current leadership of the party and whether he will bring it to the notice of the high command, Yediyurappa said, "We will do our duty. The rest is left to them and central leadership...high command knows everything. Let's see what they will do."
Yatnal-led group include BJP MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi, B P Harish, and former lawmakers Aravind Limbavali, Kumar Bangarappa and G M Siddeshwara and others.
The leaders, who had stayed away from the protest recently held by the party on the Waqf issue, on Monday held a parallel agitation over the issue in Bidar. Today, they are in Kalaburagi district.
Yatnal and Jarkiholi have been openly critical of Vijayendra, accusing him of indulging in "adjustment politics" with the ruling Congress, and trying to keep the party in his clutches along with his father Yediyurappa.
Noting that the party had faced a setback in the bypolls for Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna, Yediyurappa said, "We accept that. What shortcomings were being discussed in the party. It should be ensured that such things don't repeat."
To a question whether the bypoll loss is being seen as a setback to his son Vijayendra, he said, "It is not a question of Vijayendra or Yediyurappa. The loss in all the three seats is a setback for us (party). Everyone should take the responsibility and see to it that such things don't repeat."
