Baba Siddique Murder: Photo of Zeeshan Siddique Found in Accused's Phone

Baba Siddique murder Case: As the probe in the Baba Siddique murder case intensifies a photograph of NCP Leader Baba Siddique's son Zeeshan Siddique was found in the phone of the accused arrested by the police. 

The picture was shared with the accused by their handler through Snapchat.

According to the Mumbai Police officials an Investigation revealed that the shooters and conspirators used Snapchat to share information. 

The shooters were asked to delete the messages were deleted on instruction from their handler, allegedly belonging to the gang of the notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

"Investigation revealed that the shooters and conspirators used Snapchat to share information with messages being deleted after instructions were given," Mumbai police said.

During interrogation the accused Ram Kanojia revealed that he was the first who was given the contract to kill the NCP leader, and he had initially demanded one crore rupees.

According to his statement, fugitive accused Shubham Lonkar had first given the contract to kill Baba Siddiqui to Ram Kanojia. Kanojia had demanded a fee of one crore rupees for carrying out the murder.

"During interrogation by the Mumbai Crime Branch, Ram Kanojia disclosed that Shubham Lonkar initially offered the contract to him and Nitin Sapre to kill Baba Siddiqui. Kanojia, who hails from Maharashtra , knew the consequences of killing Baba Siddiqui, which is why he was hesitant to take the contract. This led him to demand one crore rupees for the job. Subsequently, Shubham Lonkar chose not to hire Ram Kanojia and instead selected shooters from Uttar Pradesh," the crime branch said.

"Kanojia further revealed that Shubham Lonkar was aware that the people from Uttar Pradesh might not be fully aware of Baba Siddiqui's stature or reputation in Maharashtra . Therefore, they would agree to carry out the murder for a lower price. When Ram Kanojia and Nitin Sapre backed out, Shubham hired Dharma Raj Kashyap, Gurnail Singh, and Shivkumar Gautam from Uttar Pradesh for the task," the statement added.

Meanwhile, a look-out circular was issued for Shubham Lonkar, along with two additional suspects, Shiv Kumar Gautam and Zeeshan Akhtar, who are believed to be trying to flee to Nepal.

In another development NCP leader and former minister Baba Siddique's bodyguard has been suspended by the Mumbai Police for alleged "inaction" during the fatal shooting that claimed the politician's life.

Baba Siddique was shot outside his son's office in Nirmal Nagar.

He sustained two gunshot wounds to the chest and was taken to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital for emergency treatment, where he succumbed to his injuries on October 12.

(Inputs from ANI)