Shubham is the brother of Pravin Lonkar and runs a dairy in Pune.Shubham was arrested in January in an Arms Act case registered at Akot police station in Maharashtra’s Akola district, leading to the recovery of more than ten firearms, an official said.Shubham’s interrogation revealed that he had been communicating with Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol, he said.The official said that after being released on bail, Shubham became untraceable on September 24 despite being on police radar.The investigation also disclosed that the accused involved in Siddique shooting case used to communicate through social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram to stay under the police radar, he said.The official further said that since Shubham knew how to use these mobile phone apps, he had asked others to communicate via Instagram and chat through Snapchat to dodge surveillance.Snapchat has a feature which automatically deletes most messages after they’ve been viewed or expired, he said.Sharing another update on the murder probe, the official said the bag, consisting of a pistol found a few meters away from the spot where Siddique was shot dead, belonged to runaway shooter, Gautam.The pistol and the Aadhaar card found inside the bag belonged to Gautam.Gautam had dumped the bag while fleeing the spot on Saturday night.Crime branch officials on Tuesday visited the house in Kurla where the accused persons had stayed on rent.Police had seized a bike used by the accused to conduct a recce of Siddique’s office and residence and two helmets, the official added.
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