<p>Mumbai: In a significant step into the investigations vis-a-vis the sensational murder of politician and social worker Baba Siddique, the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mumbai-police">Mumbai police</a> has invoked the provision of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) even as jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi brother Anmol has been declared as a wanted accused. </p><p>Siddique (66), a senior politician and former Maharashtra minister, was known for his connections in the entertainment world and a sort of celebrity himself, was shot dead on 12 October in the Bandra East area of Mumbai</p><p>The Nirmal Nagar police station initially registered an FIR into the incident, however, later the Crime Branch-CID too has stepped in and joined the probe.</p>.Baba Siddique murder: Another arrest made as man held from Akola, 26th in case.<p>So far the Mumbai Police has arrested 26 persons in an ongoing operation spread across several states. </p><p>The case is registered under Sections 103(1), 109, 125, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), read with Sections 3, 5, 25, and 27 of the Arms Act, and Sections 37 and 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act (MPA). </p><p>“The provisions of the MCOCA have been invoked in this case. The investigation is ongoing. As of now, 26 accused have been arrested, while three accused Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar, Zishan Mohammad Akhtar, and Anmol Bishnoi are wanted accused in the case,” police officials said on Saturday. </p><p>It may be mentioned that Anmol Bishnoi was detained in the United States last week. </p><p>So far police have seized five weapons and 64 bullets from the 26 arrested accused. </p><p>Confessions made to the police under MCOCA are admissible as evidence in court and it is difficult to secure bail. </p>
<p>Mumbai: In a significant step into the investigations vis-a-vis the sensational murder of politician and social worker Baba Siddique, the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mumbai-police">Mumbai police</a> has invoked the provision of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) even as jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi brother Anmol has been declared as a wanted accused. </p><p>Siddique (66), a senior politician and former Maharashtra minister, was known for his connections in the entertainment world and a sort of celebrity himself, was shot dead on 12 October in the Bandra East area of Mumbai</p><p>The Nirmal Nagar police station initially registered an FIR into the incident, however, later the Crime Branch-CID too has stepped in and joined the probe.</p>.Baba Siddique murder: Another arrest made as man held from Akola, 26th in case.<p>So far the Mumbai Police has arrested 26 persons in an ongoing operation spread across several states. </p><p>The case is registered under Sections 103(1), 109, 125, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), read with Sections 3, 5, 25, and 27 of the Arms Act, and Sections 37 and 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act (MPA). </p><p>“The provisions of the MCOCA have been invoked in this case. The investigation is ongoing. As of now, 26 accused have been arrested, while three accused Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar, Zishan Mohammad Akhtar, and Anmol Bishnoi are wanted accused in the case,” police officials said on Saturday. </p><p>It may be mentioned that Anmol Bishnoi was detained in the United States last week. </p><p>So far police have seized five weapons and 64 bullets from the 26 arrested accused. </p><p>Confessions made to the police under MCOCA are admissible as evidence in court and it is difficult to secure bail. </p>