Zeeshan Siddique, son of former state minister Baba Siddique, who was shot last year, received a death threat through his email. Zeeshan has received several such death threats ever since his father’s murder.
Former Maharashtra MLA and NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique on Monday claimed that he has received a death threat via email. The message, purportedly from a ‘D-company’ member, warned him he would meet the same end as his late father, Baba Siddique, unless he paid Rs 10 crore.
“Since the last three days I am 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 to be a member of the D-company and warned me not to contact police,” Zeeshan Siddique said while speaking to news agency PTI.
In response to Siddique’s complaint, the police have initiated an investigation into the threat and extortion demand, and are in the process of recording his statement.
Baba Siddique, a 66-year-old NCP (Ajit Pawar) leader, was shot dead on October 12, 2024, by three assailants outside Zeeshan Siddique’s office building in Bandra East, Mumbai.
Over the past six months, Zeeshan Siddique has received multiple death threats. These threats have been linked to attempts at extortion and are believed to be connected to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which is also implicated in being involved in his father’s murder.
Last year, in October, a 20-year-old tattoo artist from Noida, identified as Mohammad Tayyab, was arrested for sending eight WhatsApp messages to Zeeshan Siddique’s office. Tayyab, who goes by the name of Gufran Khan, claimed to have overheard members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang discuss plans to harm Siddique and actor Salman Khan with the use of drones.
He also alleged that gang members were in his vicinity, carrying firearms. Authorities stated to the press that Khan was motivated by the intent to extort money by providing false information about the threats.
Later that month, another Whatsapp message was sent, but this time to the Mumbai Traffic Police Helpline from a 56-year-old man from Bandra West, named Azam Mohammed Mustafa. He was demanding 2 crore from Siddique and Salman Khan.
Mustafa was a jobless returnee from Saudi Arabia who had reportedly sent the message after watching news coverage of previous threats. He was apprehended within a day of sending the message and was arrested.
