Mumbai, Oct 15: Two more people from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh have been detained in connection with the murder of the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) leader Baba Siddique, Mumbai Police said on Tuesday.
As per information from officials, one of the detained, identified as Harishkumar Balakram (23) worked at a scrap shop in Pune and had supplied money and other logistics to the two ccused Dharmraj and Shivprasad Gautam also used to work at the same scrap shop.
Harish had brought new mobile phones for the other two accused a few days before committing the crime of which he was a part, the officials further revealed. Further investigation is underway.
According to Mumbai Police, the accused were given a contract to kill both Baba Siddiqui and his son Zeeshan.
The accused claimed during interrogation that they were ordered to fire on anyone they found.
