Mumbai [India], November 5 (HBTV): The Mumbai Police, which is investigating the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddiqui, has stated that the weapons that were used in the crime were sourced from Rajasthan.

The Mumbai Crime Branch has deployed five teams outside Maharashtra to track down the suspects. Additionally, teams are actively searching in Haryana for Zeeshan, identified as the alleged mastermind behind the murder.

Meanwhile, the Crime Branch recovered another weapon used in the killing from the home of one of the accused, Rupesh Mohol, in Pune. This is the fifth weapon recovered in connection with the case. The Crime Branch is still searching for one more weapon and three live cartridges, suspecting that around six weapons were brought to Mumbai as part of the murder plot.

Earlier, a weapon was retrieved from the residence of accused Ram Fulchand Kanoujia in Raigad, Maharashtra, where he was residing on rent. The police also reported finding pictures of pistols on the mobile phones of the shooters.

So far, the Crime Branch has arrested a total of 15 suspects, with 10 of them currently in judicial custody.

Baba Siddiqui, a former Maharashtra minister, was shot dead by three shooters on October 12 near the office of his MLA son, Zeeshan Siddique, in Nirmal Nagar, Mumbai. Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's gang has claimed responsibility for the murder.   

(ANI)