Why Mumbai police didn’t file chargesheet in opposition to Lawrence Bishnoi in Baba Siddique homicide case | Mumbai Information

A senior officer instructed The Indian Categorical that within the Salman Khan firing case, that they had a press release from an accused which confirmed that Lawrence Bishnoi had immediately spoken to a few of the accused on the cellphone from Sabarmati Central Jail.

“Whereas Bishnoi referred to as up on one cell phone that was saved on speaker, one other accused saved one other cell phone on speaker in order that the 2 sides might communicate with out the calls being traced to them. It was based mostly on this assertion that we had talked about Lawrence as an accused within the Salman Khan case,” the officer mentioned.

“Within the case of Baba Siddique, it was Anmol, the youthful brother of Lawrence, who was in contact with the accused individuals and now we have discovered no hyperlink of Lawrence himself, therefore whereas the Bishnoi gang has carried out the homicide, now we have not named Lawrence as an accused within the case,” the officer added.

The Mumbai police haven’t been capable of get custody of Lawrence Bishnoi, who continues to be lodged on the Sabarmati Jail, because the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) has sought that the gangster be saved in that jail for his safety. NIA had filed a chargesheet in opposition to Lawrence Bishnoi earlier in a narcotics case.

Anmol Bishnoi is presently lodged on the Pottawattamie County Jail in Iowa after he was detained by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in November final 12 months when he was making an attempt to make use of a cast passport to journey.

Siddique was gunned down on October 12, 2024, in Bandra East exterior his son Zeeshan Akhtar’s workplace. The police have arrested 26 individuals, together with the primary shooter, in reference to the case.