The Mumbai Crime Branch, investigating the murder case of senior NCP politician Baba Siddique from the Ajit Pawar faction, has claimed another breakthrough with the arrest of a key accused. This individual is alleged to have played a crucial role in the conspiracy, acting as a link between the shooters and the absconding accused, Jisan Akhtar. Police have already identified Akhtar as one of the main conspirators, along with Shubham Lonkar, who is believed to have direct ties to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

The accused, identified as Amit Hisamsing Kumar, 29, was arrested from the Kaithal district in Haryana after coming under the crime branch’s radar following the retrieval of deleted Snapchat chats.  The accused has criminal records in Haryana, four cases of riots registered against him. According to officials, Kumar acted as a link between key conspirator Akhtar and the shooters.