Baba Siddique, an NCP leader, was shot dead by three assailants near his son Zeeshan Siddique's office in Mumbai's Nirmal Nagar on October 12, 2024
Zeeshan Siddique. File Pic
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Baba Siddique's son Zeeshan Siddique has received a death threat via email, said police officials on Monday.
According to the police, the threat email said that he would be killed the 'same way' as his father. The sender also demanded Rs 10 crore from Zeeshan Siddique, reported ANI.
The sender further said that he would send such emails every six hours, the officials added.
Meanwhile, speaking to ANI, Zeeshan Siddique claimed that the death threat email he received was sent from D-company, and they have demanded a ransom of Rs 10 crore.
"I got a threat via mail from D-company, as mentioned at the end of the mail, they demanded a ransom of Rs 10 crore. The police have taken the details and recorded the statement. Our family is disturbed because of this", the NCP leader told ANI on receiving a death threat.
Talking to PTI, Zeeshan Siddique said, "Since the last three days I have been receiving emails continuously, with content that 'you would be killed just like Baba Siddique if you don't pay Rs 10 crore'."
The sender claimed the 'D-company', a name given to Mumbai's organized crime syndicate founded by fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and not the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was behind the killing of Baba Siddique, he said.
"Fed up with the repeated emails I contacted the Bandra police," said the former MLA.
A police official told PTI after receiving a complaint, they have launched a probe into the death threat and extortion demand.
Baba Siddique, an NCP leader, was shot dead by three assailants near his son Zeeshan Siddique's office in Mumbai's Nirmal Nagar on October 12, 2024.
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang had claimed responsibility for the NCP leader's murder.
Mumbai Police's investigation into the Baba Siddiqui murder case has revealed that the prime suspect, Akashdeep Gill, arrested in Punjab, used a labourer's mobile hotspot to communicate with key conspirators, including mastermind Anmol Bishnoi, police said.
Gill was identified as the logistics coordinator in the murder plot orchestrated by notorious gangster Anmol Bishnoi.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
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