New Delhi, October 13 . Lawrence Bishnoi gang has taken responsibility for the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddiqui. A Facebook post of a gang member is going viral on social media.
In this post, a member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed that they did not want any war with actor Salman Khan. But, the reason for killing Baba Siddiqui was his association with Dawood Ibrahim and Anuj Thapan. However, IANS does not confirm the authenticity of this post.
In the post put up by Bishnoi gang on social media, it is written, “Om Jai Shri Ram Jai Bharat, I understand the essence of life, I consider body and wealth as dust. What I did was a good deed, what I fulfilled was the duty of friendship. Salman Khan, we did not want this war but you caused harm to our brother, today the people who are praising Baba Siddiqui were once involved in MCOCA Act with Dawood, the reason for his death was to link Anuj Thapan and Dawood with Bollywood, politics, property dealing.”
Further, the post read, ”We do not have any enmity with anyone but whoever helps Salman Khan and Dawood gang, keep their accounts in order, if anyone gets any of our brothers killed, we will definitely react, we have never attacked first. Jai Shri Ram, Jai Bharat, Salaam Shaheedan Nu.” The Facebook post has been shared from the handle ‘Shubu Lonkar Maharashtra’.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Police has claimed that the third shooter who escaped after killing Baba Siddiqui has been identified and will be arrested soon. Crime Branch has claimed that 15 teams of Mumbai Police have been sent to different states.
On Saturday night, firecrackers were being burst during Durga Visarjan procession. That’s when Baba was attacked from an ambush. The shots were fired amid the noise of firecrackers, due to which the sound of firing was not heard. After the firing, all three attackers fled. The crowd caught two accused at a distance of about 50 meters.
