Mumbai, Nov 7: The Mumbai Police Crime Branch on Thursday arrested two more accused in the Baba Siddique murder case.
The Mumbai Crime Branch presented the arrested individuals, Aditya Gudankar and Rafiq Shaikh, in Esplanade court.
Both the arrested accused were sent to the custody of the Mumbai Police till November 13.
According to officials, a total of 18 accused have been arrested so far. Both the accused were arrested from Pune.
Earlier on Wednesday, Mumbai Crime Branch police arrested another suspect in connection with the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique. According to officials, the suspect, identified as Gaurav Vilas Apune (32), was nabbed in Maharashtra's Pune.
During the investigation, officials found that Apune had met with other suspects to plan the assassination and was in contact with the group of shooters initially hired to kill Siddique.
Earlier, on October 12, The NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Siddique was shot dead outside his office in Nirmal Nagar. He sustained two gunshot wounds to his chest before being brought to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital for emergency treatment, where he succumbed to death.
The gang led by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has claimed responsibility for the murder.
