Shiv Kumar Gautam, alias Shiva, the prime accused in the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, was arrested yesterday in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich.

Baba Siddiqui was shot dead on October 13, 2024. Almost after a month, the main accused behind the murder case, Shiva Kumar, was arrested near Nepal border.

In a major breakthrough in the murder case of slain NCP leader Baba Siddique, the Mumbai Crime Branch along with the UP STF team in a joint operation, arrested accused Shiva Kumar from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich on Sunday (November 10).

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, in collaboration with the Mumbai crime branch, apprehended the alleged gunman, Shiv Kumar, and four accomplices in connection with the murder of former Maharashtra minister Ziauddin Baba Siddique.

Baba Siddique, aged 66, was fatally shot by three assailants near his son Zeeshan's office in Bandra, Mumbai, on October 12. He suffered two gunshot wounds to the chest and was rushed to Lilavati Hospital,

Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and the Mumbai Police have arrested the primary suspect in the Baba Siddique murder case in Bahraich while he was attempting to flee to Nepal.

Four men arrested by UP STF for aiding the escape of a murder suspect to Nepal were previously charged with molesting a 15-year-old girl in Bahraich. The men were accused of publicly molesting the girl during a Muharram procession.

In a joint operation with Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), a team from the Mumbai Crime Branch arrested shooter in the Baba Siddique murder case along with four other accused from Nanpara in UP's Bahraich on Sunday.