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NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique gets death threat from Portugal number
NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique has lodged a complaint with Mumbai Police after receiving a death threat via voice note from a Portugal-based number. The caller, identifying himself as Zeeshan Akhtar and claiming…
The Story in Brief
NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique has lodged a complaint with Mumbai Police after receiving a death threat via voice note from a Portugal-based number. The caller, identifying himself as Zeeshan Akhtar and claiming links to gangster Rohit Godara, threatened to kill Siddique and said he had asked a fellow gang member to eliminate his father, Baba Siddique, two years before his murder.
Baba Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister, was shot dead in Bandra in October 2024. Members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang have been accused in that case. The latest threat comes days after Siddique’s sister, Arshia Siddique, allegedly received a death threat. Police are investigating the number and the caller’s claims.
The Indian Opinion
The recurring threats to the Siddique family feed a lazy narrative that Mumbai’s underworld has returned. But gangsters using overseas numbers to send voice notes from Portugal is not a return of the 1990s, it is a cheap attempt at intimidation from exile. The real test is whether police trace the call and arrest the caller. Until then, these threats remain noise, not proof of a rising syndicate.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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