The five accused arrested in the Baba Siddique murder case on Friday have been identified as Nitin Gautam Sapre, 32; Sambhaji Kishan Parbi, 44; Ram Phoolchand Kannoujiya, 43; Pradeep Tomber, 37, and Chetan Dilip Pardhi, 33

While Parbi, Tomber and Pardhi are Ambernath residents, Sapre lives in Dombivali and Kannoujiya in Panvel. The raids were conducted at these three places to nab the accused

The five accused have been produced before the Esplanade Court in Mumbai's Fort following their arrest in the Baba Siddique murder case

According to police sources, Sapre and Kannoujiya were the "leaders" of this group

 In September, the five accused provided weapons to the shooters involved in Siddique's assassination

The accused also provided money and local support to two shooters: Dharamraj Kashyap and Shivkumar Gautam, the police revealed

The shooters stayed in Karjat with the five arrested accused for a few days

The five men were also in contact with two other accused in the case: Zeeshan Akhtar and Shubham Lonkar, who are currently on the run

Sapre is booked in three other serious cases and has charges of murder and attempted murder registered against him. He is also accused in a case under the Arms Act

Kannoujiya also has several charges against him, the police said

Siddique, 66, was shot dead on the night of October 12 outside his legislator son Zeeshan's office in Nirmal Nagar area, Bandra, prima facie by three shooters

While Haryana resident Gurmail Baljit Singh, 23, and Uttar Pradesh native Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap, 19, have been arrested, Gautam is on the run