In a breakthrough, Mumbai Police and Uttar Pradesh STF on Sunday arrested wanted shooter Shivkumar in NCP politician Baba Siddique murder case from the northern state along with four others, an official said.Former Maharashtra minister Siddique, 66, was shot dead on October 12 by three assailants outside his son MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s office building in Bandra East, Mumbai. He sustained two bullet injuries on his chest and was rushed to the Lilavati hospital in Mumbai, where he passed away.
A Mumbai crime branch official, however, said three persons including Shivkumar were arrested.
The STF and the Mumbai Crime Branch today (Sunday) arrested the shooter Shivkumar and his four protectors from Nanpara in Bahraich district, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order and STF) of UP Police Amitabh Yash told reporters in Lucknow.
