SHIV KUMAR Gautam, who allegedly fired six rounds at Baba Siddique, discovered to make use of a gun whereas collaborating in celebratory gunfire throughout wedding ceremony celebrations in UP, claimed the 2 accused arrested by Mumbai police, throughout their interrogation.
A senior police official mentioned that the 2 accused Baljit Singh and Dharmraj Kashyap claimed that whereas Gautam was the principle shooter, they have been employed to be his backups, and practised loading and unloading firearms by watching youtube movies over the previous one-month throughout their keep in Mumbai.
The duo practised at a room that they had rented in a Kurla chawl as they might not discover any empty secluded spot within the metropolis the place they might hearth rounds. Prior to now, the place the Bishoi gang was concerned together with within the Salman Khan firing case, they might organize for shooters to practise firing at remoted spots earlier than they might hearth on the victims.
A criminal offense department officer mentioned, “The primary accused Gautam who we suspect because the one who fired on Siddique had instructed the opposite two accused that he was effectively versed with utilizing firearms as he had carried out so on a few events whereas finishing up celebratory gunfires throughout weddings of his family in UP. The opposite two nevertheless had not dealt with a firearm earlier. After the firearms have been delivered, the 2 got fundamental coaching by Gautam and so they used youtube movies to learn to load and unload a pistol. Throughout their keep on the Kurla chawl for practically 4 weeks previous to the killings, they practised utilizing the firearm at their residence.”
In the meantime, the police on Tuesday arrested another particular person recognized as Harishkumar Nishad (26), who was the proprietor of the scrap store the place Gautam and one other accused Kashyap, labored. The police mentioned that the Pune-based Lonkar brothers who’re allegedly a part of the plot, had contacted Gautam and Kashyap by way of Nishad, their employer. Lonkar had paid cash to Nishad who then paid Rs 50,000 every to Kashyap and Gautam who got here to Mumbai in September.
Whereas Shubham Lonkar had been on Mumbai Police’s radar and had been questioned following the firing exterior actor Salman Khan’s residence, he was final seen in Pune on September 24, after which police suspect he went into hiding. The police have discovered that the accused despatched one another messages utilizing Snapchat as messages auto-delete on the platform. The police have additionally discovered that the conspiracy was hatched in July after which the Lonkar brothers and one Zeeshan Akhtar had been requested to rearrange for shooters.
On Tuesday, the police additionally discovered a bag containing a firearm and an aadhar card practically 200 metres from the place of the firing. The police suspect that this was the weapon used within the firing and have despatched it for forensic testing to substantiate the identical.
