- By Nidhi Giri
- Sun, 13 Oct 2024 03:42 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The mothers of the young men implicated in the high-profile murder of former Mumbai MLA and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, claimed they knew little of their sons’ activities in recent months. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for the killing of Baba Siddique, putting an end to speculation about the culprits. In a Facebook post, the gang stated that Siddique was targeted for supporting Salman Khan, who has been facing threats from the group for years.
Siddique was killed after being shot at by three attackers on Saturday night. Siddique served as a three-time MLA from Bandra (East) and was also a former minister in the Maharashtra government.
One of the arrested suspects, Dharamraj Kashyap, 19, hails from Uttar Pradesh. His mother, speaking to ANI from their home in Bahraich, expressed disbelief at the accusations, saying her son had left home two months ago to work in a scrapyard in Pune.
"Two months ago, he went to work in a scrapyard. He went to Pune. We have contacted each other only once since then," she told ANI. "I was not aware of what was happening in Mumbai."
Similarly, the mother of an absconding suspect also spoke out, claiming she was unaware of her son’s activities in Mumbai. "He went to Pune to work in a scrapyard. I knew only this. He came home during Holi, and after that, he did not return. He even stopped talking to me on the phone, so I cannot say anything about the incident," she said, adding that her son was around 18 or 19 years old.
The grandmother of the second arrested suspect, Gurmail Singh from Haryana, expressed a sense of betrayal.
"He was my grandson, but he is nothing to me now. He has not been in contact with us," she said.
Baba Siddique Murder Case
-The 66-year-old politician was shot in the chest. He was quickly taken to Lilavati Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Just 15 days prior, Siddique had received a death threat and was under the ‘Y’ category security cover.
-Following the murder of Baba Siddique, Maharashtra Police has heightened the security outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s house.
-Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar announced the formation of five investigation teams, which have been dispatched to various states to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder of Baba Siddique.
-Ajit Pawar met Zeeshan Siddiqui, the son of the slain NCP leader at Cooper Hospital. Baba Siddique was brought here for autopsy, which his son reportedly refused to give consent to till the motive behind the incident was clear.
Baba Siddique served as minister of state for food and civil supplies, labour, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and consumer protection in the erstwhile Congress-NCP government in early 2000.