Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui (center, in white) and others during the last rited of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique at Bada Qabrastan, in Mumbai, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.
PTI
Mumbai: In a major breakthrough in the sensational Baba Siddique murder case, the Mumbai police have arrested the fourth suspect from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh.
The accused was Harishkumar Nisad (23), who hauled from Bahraich and worked as a scrap dealer in Pune.
So far, the Mumbai police have arrested four persons including Harishkumar.
The three others are: Gurmail Singh from Haryana, Dharamraj Kashyap and Shivkumar Gautam, both of whom are from Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh.
Another suspected shooter Shivkumar Gautam, who hails from Bahraich, is on the run.
Besides these four, the police have also arrested Pravin Lonkar while his brother Shubham Lonkar is on a run.
One of the conspirators and main handler Mohammed Zishan Akhtar, who is from Punjab, is absconding.
Akhtar has possible links with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Another suspected shooter Shivkumar Gautam, who hails from Bahraich, is on the run.
Baba Siddique (66) was waylaid by three persons in Mumbai's Nirmal Nagar area, just outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique's office, and shot at on Saturday night. He was rushed to the Lilavati Hospital where he was declared dead, according to police.