Baba Siddique murder case: Main shooter returned to murder spot, visited hospital to confirm death
Mumbai: In a recent development in the murder of Congress-turned-NCP leader Baba Siddique, Mumbai police have reportedly learnt that the main shooter, Shiv Kumar Gautam, returned to the spot of the firing in Bandra East shortly after the crime. Gautam also visited Lilavati Hospital to confirm that Siddique had died.
During interrogation, Gautam disclosed that after shooting Siddique, he fled the scene, changed his shirt, and disposed of the his clothing and murder weapon in a bag, which he then hid under an abandoned car just 250 meters from the crime spot. The bag, containing the shirt and pistol, was recovered by police two days later.
A police officer revealed that Gautam, after noticing police presence at the scene and hearing that Siddique was rushed to the hospital, went to Lilavati Hospital. He waited there until he received confirmation of Siddique’s death.
Baba Siddique, 66, was shot dead outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in the Nirmal Nagar area of Mumbai on October 12.
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Three of family killed as car overturns in Mandya
Mandya (PTI): Three members of a family, two of them women, were killed when the car they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch on Sunday, police said.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bridge on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway at Nagamangala in Mandya district, police added.
The deceased were identified as Chandregowda (62) and Sarojamma (57), both residents of Chikkamagaluru. They were returning to their hometown when the accident occurred, police sources said.
In another incident near Agaralinganna Doddi in Maddur taluk, a private bus overturned on a service road, injuring more than 30 people. Locals helped rescue the passengers after the accident.
The passengers were travelling to Bengaluru after visiting the Shimsha Maramma temple in Malavalli. The injured were taken to hospitals in Mandya and Maddur for treatment.
