Baba Siddique murder: Mumbai police issue look-out circular against three

The Mumbai police probing the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique have issued a look-out circular (LOC) against three accused, including main shooter Shivkumar Gautam, to prevent them from fleeing the country, an official said on Thursday. The other two accused named in the LOC are the co-conspirator Shubham Lonkar and suspected handler Mohammed Zeeshan Akhtar. Crime branch teams of the Mumbai police have been sent to various parts of the country to nab the accused, the official said. The LOC has been issued since the accused might attempt to flee the country. As per the circular, all seaports and airports have been put on alert to apprehend them, he said. Siddique (66), a former Maharashtra minister, was shot dead on October 12 night outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique's office in Mumbai's upscale Bandra. Police have so far arrested four persons, including Haryana resident Gurmail Baljit Singh (23), Uttar Pradesh native Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap (19), both alleged shooters; ...