A phone call between 4 friends led to arrest of Baba Siddique's shooter. Here's how

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Baba Siddique murder: Gautam Shivkumar was arrested on Sunday in UP's Nanpara near the Nepal border while he was attempting to flee the country...

Mumbai Police have credited late-night phone calls and chats between a group of close friends for the arrest of Shivkumar Gautam, the main shooter in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, marking one of the biggest breakthroughs in the killing case linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.o)..

Gautam Shivkumar allegedly shot NCP leader Baba Siddique at close range on the night of October 12 in Mumbai..

He later checked the news, confirming that Siddique had died, and then headed to his hometown in Bahraich before reaching Nanpara, where he hid in a remote village near the Nepal border...

The group was arrested, and their capture led police to Gautam's hideout in the remote village, where he was taken into custody. ..