Pune: Pravin Lonkar, who was arrested from Warje area in Pune city by the Mumbai police in connection with the murder of three-time former MLA Baba Siddique (66), had previously been arrested with his brother Shubham by Akola police in Maharashtra in an Arms Act case lodged in January this year.
Police sources said that no criminal record was found against Shubham and Pravin in Pune city. Sources said that after the firing at actor Salman Khan’s house in April in Mumbai, probe agencies had “checked” Shubham Lonkar because of his alleged links with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, The Indian Express reported.
Pravin is the brother of Shubham Lonkar. It was Shubham who haf posted on social media that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has taken responsibility for the murder.