Lawrence Bishnoi gang claims responsibility for Baba Siddique murder

A person affiliated with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi on Sunday claimed the murder of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, reported India Today.

Siddique, 66, a member of the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, was shot dead allegedly by three men in the city’s Bandra East area on Saturday evening.

He was taken to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra West where he died while receiving medical treatment.

Two of the alleged shooters have been arrested while the police are searching for the third. The two men arrested have been identified as Karnail Singh from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh.

According to a Facebook post shared by an alleged member of Bishnoi’s gang, Siddique was killed due to his close ties to Bollywood star Salman Khan and alleged connections with members of the underworld, including Dawood Ibrahim.

“Om, Jai Shri Ram, Jai Bharat,” read the Facebook post, written by a person named Shubuu Lonkar. “I understand the essence of life, and consider wealth and the body as dust. I did only what was right, honouring the duty of friendship.”

According to NDTV, Lonkar is a known associate of Bishnoi.

The post also mentioned a person named Anuj Thapan, who was implicated in the shooting incident outside Khan’s residence on April 14 in Bandra West. Thapan allegedly took his...

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