Shooter alleges links to actor Salman Khan, Dawood Ibrahim could have motivated murder

In the case of NCP leader Baba Siddiqui's murder, the recently arrested shooter has revealed that his instructions were only to kill Baba, without knowing the exact reason behind it. However, sources suggest that Baba's association with Salman and his association with Dawood Ibrahim may have been the reason for the murder.

During interrogation, arrested shooter Shiv Kumar Gautam also revealed that the order to plan the murder was given by gangster Anmol Bishnoi. Gautam also revealed that he and Anmol Bishnoi had first communicated through the phone of another accused Shubham Lonkar in June. Since then he was in constant touch with Anmol through Lonkar's mobile. During this period, he had several conversations with Anmol on Signal and Snapchat apps about the murder conspiracy in Pune, discussing various aspects of the plan, from which Anmol obtained every detail. Once the plan was finalized, accused Shubham Lonkar and Anmol Bishnoi arranged for weapons. Gautam said that he had not talked to Anmol after the murder.

The shooter also told during interrogation that Anmol Bishnoi had given him three types of inducements to kill Baba. First he said that Gautam would become famous after killing Baba. Second, he would become fully involved with the Lawrence gang. Third, he will receive a large amount of money. Just before the murder, Anmol spoke to Gautam to make him understand more and told him that what he was doing was for God and society, encouraging him to go ahead without hesitation.

shirt hidden in pants

According to the investigation of the Crime Branch, during the murder of Baba, Gautam had hidden an extra shirt inside his pants. After the murder, he walked some distance and wore an extra shirt. Sources say that despite the shirt being in disarray, the police did not notice it due to the crowd and uproar.

New phone before the crime

Investigation also revealed that before the murder of Baba, on the instructions of Anmol Bishnoi, accused Shubham Lonkar had given a new phone to Gautam. After the murder, he threw the phone in Pune and received another phone on reaching Lucknow.