Baba Siddique shared a close association with Bollywood actor Salman Khan who had previously received threats from Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
The Mumbai Police, which is probing the murder of former minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique, is also investigating the possible involvement of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Baba Siddique shared a close association with Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who had previously received threats from associates of Lawrence Bishnoi, warning that he would meet the same fate as slain singer Sidhu Moosewala.
On April 14, two shooters had fired five rounds outside Salman Khan’s Galaxy Apartment in Bandra in the early hours. Mumbai Police in a chargesheet filed by the crime branch revealed that jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi personally communicated with shooters Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal hours before they fired shots outside Salman Khan’s Bandra residence.
Both the shooters, currently in judicial custody spoke to Bishnoi via the Signal app, police had said.
Baba Siddique has been at the forefront in expressing concern and pushing for enhanced security for Salman Khan ever since the actor began receiving threats.
Officials told HT that the Mumbai Police was looking into the involvement of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang because of the leader’s close association with Salman Khan.
Recently, a burqa-clad woman reportedly threatened actor Salman Khan’s father, Salim Khan, using the name of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.