Baba Siddiqui murder case: Evidence recovered during interrogation of Shiv Kumar's associate, target identified from banner; 50 thousand rupees recovered

In the NCP leader and former minister Baba Siddiqui murder case, the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police has camped in Gandara village of Bahraich. The team is engaged in finding the link between those living around arrested Dharampal Kashyap and absconding Shivanand alias Shiv Kumar Gautam with Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

The Crime Branch conducted a search operation in Ujjain and Omkareshwar of Madhya Pradesh for the second day on Monday. Mumbai Police on Monday detained Harish, a youth of Gandara village, and continued to question him. According to sources, the police have got some evidence from him. The police are also searching the records of mobile numbers of the accused's family and friends.

Police are looking for answers to these questions.

It is being told that Harish had a business of buying scrap in Pune. 19-year-old Shivkumar had gone to Harish in search of work, but when and how did he reach Mumbai, and through whom did he come in contact with Lawrence Bishnoi's gang, the security agencies are trying to find the answer to this.

This is how the shooters identify the target.

Police investigation has revealed that the entire conspiracy of the murder was hatched in Pune. Here the shooters were given an amount of Rs 50,000. Apart from this, Baba Siddiqui's photo and plex banner were also given. So that the shooters could easily identify their target. After this, the accused did a recce of Baba Siddiqui and executed the crime on 12 October.

Why did Mumbai Police go to Madhya Pradesh?

Additional Superintendent of Police City Ramanand Kushwaha said that Harish was injured in a road accident. He had been living in the village for the last several months. He said that Mumbai Police has interrogated him, but what information have they got? He has expressed ignorance about this. During the interrogation of the two accused arrested in this case, it was found that after the murder, all three were going to meet in Omkareshwar or Ujjain in MP, so Mumbai Police reached these cities in search of the third accused.

Police in search of Shivkumar

With the help of Ujjain police, searches were conducted in a railway station, bus stand, Bhairavgarh, and Begumbagh. Apart from this, the accused was searched in hotels, lodges, and Dharamshalas. A team from the Mumbai Crime Branch has also been camping in Omkareshwar for two days.

Police looking for hotel bookings.

Crime Branch is looking for Shivkumar Gautam. Information about bookings of hotels located at Indore Airport, Railway, and MP State Tourism Board's tourist island is also being collected. His photo has also been sent to nearby cities and police stations. Omkareshwar Police Station in-charge Anop Singh Scindia said that local police have also been deployed to help Mumbai Crime Branch.