Baba Siddique's shooters spoke to Lawrence Bishnoi's brother before attack
Mumbai: In a recent development in the case involving Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique's murder, police have said the shooters were in contact with Lawrence Bishnoi's brother, Anmol Bishnoi, before the murder of Siddique.
"The accused were in touch with each other through Snapchat and after receiving the instruction message, they would delete it immediately. Similarly, when the Snapchat of the arrested accused was closely examined, it was found that the shooters and Pravin Lonkar were directly in touch with Anmol Bishnoi," the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police said in a statement.
Anmol was in contact with the accused from Canada and America.
Police have arrested 10 individuals in connection with Baba Siddique's murder, including two shooters and a weapons supplier. Four mobile phones have been recovered from the accused.
Baba Siddique was shot by three men near his son’s Zeeshan Siddique's office in Nirmal Nagar in Mumbai's Bandra area on October 12. The Congress-turned-NCP leader sustained two gunshot wounds to the chest and succumbed to injuries.
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Fan tries to die by suicide over Nikhil Kumaraswamy's bypoll loss
Bengaluru: Channapatna JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who lost the byelection to C.P. Yogeshwar of Congress, on Sunday consoled a fan who reportedly attempted to end his life and requested him not to repeat such acts.
Manjunath, fondly called Abhi, had even penned a letter before taking the dangerous step. Nikhil, who called on Manjunath at the latter’s home in Kudloor in Channapatna, expressed shock and sadness over the incident.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy reassured Manjunath, expressing his support during the difficult time. He told him that he was deeply troubled to learn of this incident and emphasised that he would stand by him. Nikhil also promised to offer assistance in any way he could, including helping him secure employment opportunities in the future, as reported by the Deccan Herald.
He also reminded Manjunath of the importance of his children’s well-being, urging him to focus on their future. “Please, look at the faces of your growing children. Even I have a three-year-old son. The children are young, let us take care of their future also. I will arrange some job opportunities for you. I might not be an MLA but this is a challenge. I will get you employed,” he said.
Nikhil told media persons that he is extremely hurt more by Manjunath’s attempt to die than by his loss in the election. “At 7:30 a.m., we got a message that in Valetoopu, Manjunath had consumed poison yesterday. In Channapatna, our workers and leaders have built this party with zeal. Let the admiration be there in your hearts but if it crosses the line, your families get hurt and we get very pained by it,” he was quoted as saying by the publication.
Speaking of his byelection loss, Nikhil reiterated that the JD(S) had got its traditional votes, but that the votes of a particular community went against the party.
“Deve Gowda gave reservation to a community. We tried our last attempt to take that community into confidence. But they conveyed to us that they do not require us. In future, we will take other communities into confidence,” he remarked in a veiled reference to Muslims.
Nikhil lost the election by a margin of 25,413 votes to Congress candidate C.P. Yogeshwar.
