Baba Siddique Death: Fourth Accused Harish Sent To Police Custody Till Oct 21

Mumbai: Mumbai Court, on Tuesday, sent the co-accused in the Baba Siddique death case Harishkumar Nisad to police custody till October 21.

The 23-year-old worked at a scrap shop in Pune and supplied money and other logistics to the two accused, Dharmraj and Shivprasad Gautam, who also worked at the same scrap shop.

Nisad was apprehended from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, earlier in the day.

Police informed the court that Nisad, who is a scrap dealer in Pune, was also part of the conspiracy to kill Siddique and had provided financial help for the operation.

The police said they needed to find details of the financial transactions and who sponsored them.

Police had earlier arrested Haryana resident Gurmail Baljit Singh (23), Uttar Pradesh native Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap (19), both alleged shooters, and "co-conspirator" Pravin Lonkar from Pune. They have been remanded in police custody till October 21.

Another suspected shooter, Shivkumar Gautam, who also hails from Bahraich, is still on the run.

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. (with PTI inputs)