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NCP’s Zeeshan Siddique gets death threat from Portugal number
NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique has filed a police complaint after receiving a death threat via voice note on WhatsApp from a Portugal-based number. The caller, claiming to be Zeeshan Akhtar, said he…
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NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique has filed a police complaint after receiving a death threat via voice note on WhatsApp from a Portugal-based number. The caller, claiming to be Zeeshan Akhtar, said he was linked to the Rohit Godara gang and threatened to kill Siddique in the same manner as his father. Baba Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister, was shot dead in Bandra in October 2024.
The caller also claimed he had ordered Baba Siddique's elimination two years before the murder and objected to what he called Zeeshan Siddique's 'illegal business'. Police have registered a non-cognisable offence. Zeeshan Siddique, who was abroad, returned to Mumbai on Thursday. This is the second threat to the family; his sister Arshia received a similar threat days earlier.
The Indian Opinion
The claim that a gangster ordered Baba Siddique's killing two years ago, and that the caller knew his target's travel plans, suggests either a deep inside source or a bluff meant to unnerve. Either way, the police must trace the Portugal number and verify the alleged Godara gang link through technical surveillance and call data records. The Siddique family has been targeted before, but a threat from abroad raises the stakes for Maharashtra's investigation machinery. Will the CID or the Anti-Terrorism Squad take over?
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2)
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
