MUMBAI/LUCKNOW: In a breakthrough, Mumbai Police and Uttar Pradesh STF on Sunday arrested wanted shooter Shivkumar in NCP politician Baba Siddique murder case from the northern state along with four others,

Shiv Kumar, the man who shot NCP leader Baba Siddique, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich on Sunday. He had been on the run since the killing of Baba Siddique and was trying to flee to Nepal, when he was caught in a joint operation of the UP Special Task Force (STF) and the Mumbai Crime Branch.

The Mumbai Crime Branch has revealed a chilling plot by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to assassinate a prominent political figure from Pune. This development comes amid the ongoing investigation into the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique.

The Crime Branch investigation into NCP leader Baba Siddique’s murder has allegedly revealed that the gangsters had planned to attack a Pune leader as part of ‘Plan B’ if ‘Plan A’ to kill Siddique failed.

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In the backdrop of NCP leader Baba Siddique's murder, the Mumbai Crime Branch has revealed that another Pune leader was on the radar of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which was planning to eliminate the latter and had given the responsibility of carrying out the crime through its shooters.

The Mumbai Crime Branch uncovered a plot by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to assassinate a prominent Pune leader following the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique. The gang had tasked shooters involved in the backup plan with eliminating the Pune leader.