Baba Siddique Shot Dead: Shubham Lonkar, accused in the Baba Siddique murder case, is still absconding. His brother Praveen Lonkar was arrested from Pune and has been sent to police custody. It is said that Praveen Lonkar had provided logistics along with financial assistance. Initially it was revealed that the gun had come from Shubham Lonkar.
During interrogation, it was revealed that till the last moments of the murder, Praveen Lonkar was in contact with three other accused Shiv Kumar, Dharamraj Kashyap and Gurmail Singh. The accused were initially given Rs 50,000 and told that they would get a bigger amount after the work. The accused were given the photo of Baba Siddiqui and the photo of the banner and were told that this was the target.
Shiv Kumar took a rented house and called everyone.
Zeeshan Akhtar is also involved in this conspiracy. This accused is a resident of Punjab. Both Shubham Lonkar and Praveen Lonkar had assigned the task of murder of Baba Siddiqui to accused Shiv Kumar and Dharamraj Kashyap but it is not yet clear who had given the betel nut. Shiv Kumar provided a house on rent in Mumbai and there he called Dharamraj Kashyap. After this Gurunel Singh also came directly to his house in Mumbai.
Dharamraj Kashyap was about to hit a spray
It is being told that accused Shiv Kumar was to fire the bullet and Dharamraj Kashyap standing behind him was going to shoot a spray which would help him to escape. The spray was like smoke which caused itching.
This information was given by accused Dharamraj Kashyap during interrogation. Praveen was produced today in the Fort Court of Mumbai from where he has been sent to police remand till October 21. At the same time, Dharamraj Kashyap and Gurnell have also been sent to police custody while Shiv Kumar is still absconding.
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