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
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 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
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
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