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Baba Siddique Murder: Shiv Kumar Gautam, who was part of a three-member gang that killed former Mumbai MLA and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, had been flaunting his "gangster" status for several months before the murder. Exactly 80 days before allegedly shooting the now dead NCP leader, Shiv Kumar wrote on his Instagram profile, "Yaar tera gangster hai jaani (your friend is a gangster)". The photo dated July 24, 2024 showed him on a motorcycle.

Shiv Kumar Gautam, who is absconding is a native of Bahraich's Gandara village. He has no criminal history. He had gone to Maharashtra to work at a scrap shop in Pune.

On July 8, PTI reported, he wrote: "Sharif baap hai # (expletives) hum nahin (My father is a law-abiding man, not me)".

On May 26, he posted a brief video of a city skyline along with background music from "KGF", a film about a mercenary, with its dialogue: "Powerful people make places powerful". Since the murder, the agency reported, Shiv Kumar Gautam's Instagram followers have doubled.

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His father, Suman, couldn't believe that he had killed Baba Siddique. Suman told the media that her son had last visited her in Gandara during Holi. She had claimed that after the visit, Gautam left for Pune in the first week of April.

Baba Siddique (66) was shot multiple times by three men in the presence of his son as he left his office in Bandra (West), Mumbai. The incident took place on October 12, 2024, between 21:15 and 21:30 hours. He was rushed to Lilavati Hospital for treatment but declared dead by medical staff.

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The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for the murder. According to a social media post, Siddique was killed because of his proximity to actor Salman Khan.

The police have also arrested a man named Pravin Lonkar in Pune. They said he is one of the conspirators. The police are also trying to find his brother, Shubham Lonkar, who allegedly wrote the post on social media.

A crime branch official on Sunday said Pravin and Shubham had enlisted two alleged shooters -- Uttar Pradesh residents Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap and Gautam. The third shooter -- Gurmail Baljit Singh -- is from Haryana.

(With Agency Inputs)