Baba Siddique Murder Case Mastermind Zeeshan Akhtar Detained In Canada, Say Police

Zeeshan Akhtar, the alleged mastermind within the homicide of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, has been detained. As consistent with the Mumbai Police, Zeeshan used to be detained in Canada on Tuesday.

“Akhtar, the absconding accused in the murder case of NCP leader Baba Siddique, has been taken into custody in Canada. Akhtar had been on the run since the incident, and police are now investigating how he managed to leave the country,” News 18 quoted Mumbai Police as announcing. 

Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister and NCP chief, used to be shot lifeless by way of 3 assailants outdoor his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s, place of business in Mumbai on October 12, 2024.

As consistent with the police, Akhtar, a detailed affiliate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, is suspected to be a member of the Vikram Brar gang.

Earlier, the police had arrested Salman Vohra and Akashdeep Singh in reference to the homicide. 

Siddique, at the start from Bihar, started his political adventure as a pupil chief and served as a municipal corporator two times. In 1999, he contested his first meeting elections from the Bandra seat and received. He persisted his good fortune by way of profitable once more in 2004 and 2009, however used to be defeated by way of BJP’s Ashish Shelar within the 2014 meeting elections. He had additionally served as a Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour and FDA.

In 2024, he resigned from Congress and joined the Nationalist Congress Party led by way of Ajit Pawar.