Mumbai Police requested the court to give custody of the accused in Baba Siddiue’s murder
As per report mumbai police on december 9 requested the custody of 13 accused arrested in the murder case of nationalist congress party leader and former maharashtra MLA baba Siddiqui. police told the court that the role of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in this murder has not yet been revealed, while his brother Anmol Bishnoi is running a separate gang. In fact, baba Siddiqui was shot dead in nirmal Nagar area of Bandra on october 12. police have so far arrested 26 people including alleged shooter Shivkumar Gautam. Anmol Bishnoi is the wanted accused in this case. police imposed stringent sections of maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) against the 26 accused arrested on november 30. Of the 26 accused arrested in this case, 13 were produced in the MCOCA court on Monday, from where they were sent to police custody till december 16. The rest of the accused are in judicial custody.
Perhaps through the special public prosecutor, mumbai police requested the court to give custody of the accused, saying that there are many small links in the case and all of them have to be connected to complete the investigation, for which the custody of the accused is needed.
The police told the court that investigation has found that Anmol Bishnoi had sent Rs 40,000 to accused Nitin Sapre and the financial aspect related to the case should be investigated. The prosecution told the special court that Anmol Bishnoi's gang was active in states like Uttar Pradesh, haryana and madhya pradesh and "he was trying to establish his supremacy as the leader of the gang." The police also told the court that Bishnoi and his brother are now running separate gangs. After hearing the arguments of the prosecution and the defence, the court sent the 13 accused to police custody till december 16.