Mumbai: The Mumbai Police crime branch revealed that an accused in the Baba Siddiqui murder case evaded arrest as he had used a labourer’s mobile hotspot for communicating, according to reports. This was revealed by the accused Akashdeep Gill—identified as a crucial logistical coordinator in the murder plot by the Bishnoi gang—during his interrogation by Mumbai Police.
Gill was arrested from Fazilka, Punjab on November 16 in a joint operation between Maharashtra and Punjab Police. Later, he was handed over to the Mumbai Police. He was sent to police custody till November 21 along with co-accused Sandeep Vohra. It has been alleged that Vohra financed the murder.
Gill revealed that he would use the hotspot of a labourer called Balwinder so he could appear offline and avoid being tracked, reported the ANI. A person named Pappu Singh, was involved in allegedly passing on messages between Gill and Vohra, the report stated.
The crime branch is currently searching for Gill’s phone as it may have vital evidence in the Baba Siddiqui murder case and his connection with gangster, Anmol Bishnoi, brother of Lawrence Bishnoi.
NCP leader Baba Siddique was shot dead by three assailants near his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s, office in Mumbai on October 12. Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang had claimed responsibility for the killing.
The Mumbai crime branch had also claimed that apart from Siddiqui, an unnamed key leader from Pune, was also on the Bishnoi gang’s hit list.
