Big Revelation Follows Arrest Of Main Accused In Baba Siddique Murder

Shiv Kumar Gautam, the main accused in the murder case of Maharashtra politician Baba Siddique, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich on Sunday.

Shiv Kumar Gautam, the main accused in the murder case of Maharashtra politician Baba Siddique, has told the police that he was ordered to kill the 66-year-old leader or his MLA son, Zeeshan Siddique, sources said. Shiv Kumar, 20, was arrested along with his four aides from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich on Sunday while he was trying to flee to Nepal. He is among the three shooters who shot dead Mr Siddique outside Zeeshan Siddique's office in Mumbai on October 12.

During interrogation, he told the police that Anmol Bishnoi, the brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, had told him to shoot whoever he saw first.

Before carrying out the murder, Anmol Bishnoi, who is believed to be in Canada and is also on the most-wanted list of the National Investigation Agency, had given a pep talk to Shiv Kumar.