A police official said, “Shiva was planning to leave for Nepal in the next few days and all arrangements had been made for him by his gang members. However, we could manage to arrest him before he fled.

The Mumbai Police Crime Branch, in a joint operation with the Uttar Pradesh STF, apprehended one of the shooters, Shiva Kumar, along with two other individuals.

The shooter Shivakumar and two others were arrested in a joint operation with STF of UP police, an official said. Siddique was shot dead on October 12 by three assailants outside his son MLA Zeeshan Siddique's office building in Bandra East.

Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force and Mumbai Crime Branch in a joint operation arrested the shooter Shivkumar from Nanpara in Bahraich on Sunday. He was trying to flee to Nepal. UP STF arrested three more people who helped the shooter flee to Nepal,

The man who shot NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique on October 12 outside his son's office was arrested on Sunday. The accused was arrested from UP while he was attempting to flee to Nepal.

The shooter Shiva Kumar along with two other accused were nabbed in UP. They are being brought to Mumbai. Baba Siddique was shot dead by three gunmen near his MLA son Zeeshan's of