Suspect Watched From Hospital as NCP Leader Baba Siddique Died After Shooting | Mumbai News – Times of India

Shivkumar Gautam, alias Shiva, the alleged shooter of former minister Baba Siddique, was apprehended near the Nepal border. Shiva confessed to waiting outside the hospital after the shooting to confirm Siddique’s death.

MUMBAI: Shivkumar Gautam alias Shiva who allegedly shot former minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique told the police that after firing, he took an autorickshaw to Lilavati Hospital and stood in the crowd outside, to ascertain if the neta had survived the attack. Siddique was declared brought dead at the hospital.
Shiva (23) later fled to Pune and proceeded to Lucknow. He was arrested near the Nepal border in UP on Nov 10.
“During interrogation, he told the police that soon after firing, he and his two accomplices fled the scene. Shiva was carrying an extra shirt in his bag. He changed into the shirt, and dumped the bag and the weapon below a parked car before returning to the crime scene,” said a police officer. There was chaos after the firing and a seriously injured Siddique was rushed to the hospital.
Shiva told the police that after visiting the crime scene he got into an autorickshaw and went to the hospital. He stood outside to check whether his “job” had been properly executed or not by listening to what the crowd was saying, said the officer.
Police nabbed two shooters, Dharmaraj Kashyap (21) and Gurmail Singh (23), soon after the firing while Shiva managed to flee.
The dumped bag was found two days later while police were carrying out a search in the area. The parked car belonged to a local who had not used it for weeks. Police found a Turkish Tisas pistol, allegedly used for the firing, and more than two dozen bullets, and Shiva’s used shirt.
From the hospital, Shiva left in an autorickshaw for Kurla railway station and went to Thane to catch another train for Pune. He had worked in a scrap dealer’s shop in Pune for the past two year and was familiar with the city.
Police have so far arrested 23 accused in the Siddique murder case.
All the three shooters had planned to meet at the Ujjain railway station if they got separated after executing the crime, said a police officer.
Shiva, a Class 7 dropout, was promised Rs 10 lakh, a foreign tour and monthly expenses after completing his job. Shiva has two elder married sisters and two younger brothers aged 7 and 11.
It is learned that two arrested accused, Gaurav Apune and Rupesh Mohol, and a wanted accused, Shubham Lonkar, had visited a forest area in Jharkhand where they allegedly learned to operate AK-47 rifles. Police said they are verifying the information.