Baba Siddique murder case: Constable, part of Zeeshan Siddique’s security, suspended after he was found missing from duty

The constable, identified arsenic Vishal Ashok Thange, was recovered blameworthy of dereliction of work by the inquiry, starring to his suspension earlier this week.

The suspension bid stated that pursuing the execution of Baba Siddique, the information of Zeeshan Siddique was accrued owed to a imaginable threat. “Thange, constabulary constable, Local Arms, Naigaon, was assigned to supply idiosyncratic information to Zeeshan Siddique,” an serviceman said.

However, arsenic Siddique was unhappy with the information unit deployed for him, helium contacted Deputy Commissioner of Police Dikshit Gedam (Zone XI) connected October 19 and “expressed dissatisfaction with the vigilance of the officers assigned to his information duty”.

Accordingly, astatine astir 9:30 p.m. the aforesaid day, the Gedam visited Zeeshan’s residence successful Bandra (West) to measure the situation, erstwhile helium recovered that Thange was missing. Zeeshan was leaving his location for authoritative purposes, and “Thange was absent from his assigned work location”.

“This constitutes an enactment of irresponsibility and negligence,” the suspension bid read.

A preliminary probe was conducted and Thange was suspended. “A elaborate departmental enquiry has been initiated and depending connected its outcome, further enactment volition beryllium taken against him,” an serviceman said.

Earlier, different caput constable, Shyam Sonawane, who was providing information to Baba Siddique, was besides suspended from the Mumbai police. Baba Siddique enjoyed 2+1 security, which means 2 information unit during the time and 1 during the night. Of the 2 information guards, 1 left, leaving lone 1 information guard, Sonawane, erstwhile the shooting took place.

In his statement, Sonawane alleged the accused acceptable disconnected a fume firecracker, which blurred his imaginativeness and hindered his quality to act. Later, erstwhile Zeeshan expressed disappointment that nary enactment had been taken against Sonawane, helium was suspended from the unit connected October 18.

The Mumbai transgression branch, which is probing Baba Siddique’s execution case, has arrested 15 persons, including 2 shooters.