Baba Siddique murder case wanted accused linked to firing at Rohit Shetty's home

Shubham Lonkar an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has been declared a wanted suspect in the firing case at filmmaker Rohit Shettyrsquos residence in Mumbairsquos Juhu area a police official said on Monday reported news agency PTIAt around 1245 am on Sunday five shots were reportedly fired at Rohit Shettyrsquos ninestorey home with one bullet hitting the glass of the buildingrsquos gymLonkar is also wanted in connection with the October 2024 murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique who was shot dead in Bandra EastAccording to police Lonkar allegedly claimed responsibility for the firing incident in a social media post reported PTIA police official said the firing was carried out with the intention of killing the filmmaker who was in his residence on the seventh floor of Shetty Tower located on Road Number 10 at Mehmood ChowkA case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Maharashtra Police Act and Arms Act for attempt to murder criminal conspiracy and other offences has been registered at Juhu police station The AntiExtortion Cell AEC of the Mumbai Crime Branch has also initiated a probe Four people have been arrested so farFiring at Rohit Shettys houseMeanwhile the accused who allegedly fired the five rounds at the filmmakers home remain at large and multiple teams have been formed to apprehend him and his associates the official addedAccording to PTI the arrested accused have been identified as Swapnil Bandu Sakat 23 Samarth Pomani 19 Siddharth Yenpure 19 and Aditya Gayki 19 all residents of Vadgaon Dhayri and Karve Road areas in Pune These four are accused of providing the scooter used in the crime and offering logistical supportSakat is unemployed Pomani is a college student while Yenpure and Gayki work as delivery boys for appbased services One of the four has a prior case registered against himThe weapon used is of good quality The scooter was found abandoned near Kings Hotel on St Joseph Church Road Vile Parle West the official said reported PTIThe complainant in the case is a 31yearold security guard deployed at Shettys residence Typically the building is guarded by three private personnel and two police officers assigned to the filmmakers security the complaint mentionedAccording to the complaint two security guards were monitoring CCTV screens while one police officer was having his meal on the sixth floor when the complainant heard a sound resembling firecrackersUpon checking the CCTV he spotted a man wearing a black jacket and white pants carrying a pistollike weapon and firing the official said quoting the complaintAfter firing five rounds the accused fled on a scooter Five empty cartridges were recovered from the spot Mobile phones of the four arrested accused have been seized Investigations are also underway to trace the weapons origin and how the shooter obtained it he added reported PTIPolice are also probing aspects such as funding for the crime and whether the accused carried out prior reconnaissance of the filmmakers buildingWith PTI inputs