Prateek Tanmay
2 min readMumbaiJul 3, 2026 09:49 PM IST
The wife of former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique on Friday moved a Mumbai court seeking directions to the police to immediately take custody of wanted accused Anmol Bishnoi, arguing that no steps have been taken despite the trial in the murder case set to begin.
Anmol, who was deported from the US in November 2025, is currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Charges have already been framed against the 27 arrested accused in the case.
In an intervention application filed through advocate Trivankumar Karnani, Shehzeen Siddique questioned why the Mumbai Police had not sought Anmol’s custody even after he was sent to judicial custody following his deportation.
The plea states that Siddique’s daughter had made efforts to trace Anmol’s whereabouts, following which information emerged that he was in the US. After his deportation, the family was informed that he was initially in the custody of the National Investigation Agency in connection with other cases. However, the application alleges that even after he was remanded to judicial custody, Mumbai Police did not move the court to seek his custody.
The plea further alleges that the investigating agency failed to pursue the alleged larger conspiracy behind the murder and is “avoiding” taking custody of Anmol despite identifying him as the main conspirator. It seeks that he be made part of the ongoing trial instead of being tried separately later.
Last month, Anmol moved a plea expressing his willingness to surrender in the April 2024 firing case outside actor Salman Khan’s residence. However, he has not sought to surrender in the Baba Siddique murder case.
Police have alleged that Siddique was murdered on Anmol Bishnoi’s instructions because of his close association with Salman Khan and to establish the supremacy of the Bishnoi gang.
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Baba Siddique was shot dead outside the office of his son, former MLA Zeeshan Siddique, in Bandra East on October 12, 2024.
