Baba Siddique murder case: Third accused sent to police custody till October 21

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 14 (ANI): The Esplanade court in Mumbai sent Pravin Lonkar, the third accused in the Baba Siddique murder case, to police custody till 21 October on Monday.

Earlier today, he was produced before Esplanade Court after a medical checkup.

Mumbai Police Crime Branch on Sunday arrested Pravin Lonkar from Pune in connection with NCP leader Baba Siddique’s murder case.

NCP leader Baba Siddique was murdered after being shot outside his office in Nirmal Nagar. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds before being rushed to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Saturday night.

According to officials, the arrested accused, identified as Pravin Lonkar (28), is the brother of Shubham Lonkar, who is also implicated in the conspiracy. They allegedly enlisted Dharmaraj Kashyap and Shivkumar Gautam in the plot to kill Siddique, officials said.

Meanwhile, the ossification test of Dharmaraj Kashyap, an accused in the murder case of NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique, was conducted by Mumbai police, and it was confirmed that he is not a minor, officials said on Monday.

An ossification test is a medical procedure that estimates a person’s age by analyzing the degree of bone fusion and is commonly used for age determination.

Siddique’s last rites were performed with full state honours in Mumbai at Bada Qabrastan on Sunday.

Earlier, the accused involved in NCP leader Baba Siddique’s murder revealed that Siddique’s son Zeeshan was also the target of shooters.

According to Mumbai Police, the accused were given a contract to kill both Zeeshan and Baba Siddiqui. The accused claimed during interrogation that both Zeeshan and Baba Siddiqui were on the target and they were ordered to fire on anyone they found. Zeeshan Siddiqui, son of Baba Siddiqui had received threats a few days before the incident took place.