If not Baba Siddique, it would have been his son

REVELATIONS | Shooter Shiv Kumar Gautam had received instructions to kill whomsoever he saw first; Bishnoi gang told him that Siddique's murder was for society and 'an act of god'

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In the Baba Siddique murder case, main shooter Shiv Kumar Gautam, arrested in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, on November 10, has confessed that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had tasked him to kill either Baba Siddique or his son Zeeshan, depending on who he encountered first.

The police also said he was brainwashed by Lawrence's brother Anmol that the act was for society and god, leaving him remorseless about the crime.

During interrogation, Gautam has revealed that after killing Siddique on October 12, he did not flee immediately but stayed disguised at the scene to observe the aftermath. He later changed his shirt and blended into the crowd. He then took an auto to Kurla station, boarded a local train to Thane, and then boarded an Express train for Pune around 3am.

In Pune, he discarded his phone to prevent the police from tracking him. After a week, he travelled by train to Jhansi, where he stayed for five days before heading to Lucknow. He bought a new phone there and contacted his associates through voice over internet protocol (VoIP).