Anmol Bishnoi ordered killing of Siddique to establish his dominance: Chargesheet

Fugitive gangster Anmol Bishnoi allegedly ordered the killing of NCP politician Baba Siddique to “create an atmosphere of terror” through his organised crime syndicate, as per the chargesheet filed by the Mumbai police on Monday.

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The crime branch named 29 accused in the 4,590-page chargesheet, including 26 already arrested and three wanted persons, including Anmol Bishnoi, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother.

Two other wanted persons are suspected co-conspirators, Mohammad Yasin Akhtar and Shubham Lonkar. The police said they have collected strong evidence against all 29 accused.

The crime branch filed the chargesheet in a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in Mumbai. The police stated that Anmol, along with other members of his organised crime syndicate, hatched a conspiracy to create terror and dominance, leading to the invocation of stringent MCOCA.

Siddique (66) was shot on October 12, 2024, by three assailants outside his son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in the Bandra area of Mumbai.

The 26 arrested accused include the alleged main shooter Shivkumar Gautam and his aides. The police booked them under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for murder before invoking MCOCA against all of them. The arrested accused are currently in judicial custody.

The police have recorded statements of 88 people so far and listed 180 witnesses, including former MLA Zeeshan Siddique, and recovered five firearms, six magazines and 35 mobile phones.

The investigators had earlier told the court that the role of Lawrence had not been established in the crime. During one of the remand hearings, the police had told the court that Anmol was operating a separate gang, mainly active in UP, Haryana and MP