The official identified the five as Nitin Gautam Sapre (32), Sambhaji Kisan Pardhi (44), Pradeep Dattu Thombre (37), Chetan Dilip Pardhi and Ram Fulchand Kanoujia (43).Sapre is from Dombivali, while Pardhi, Thombre and Pardhi (27) are from Ambernath in Thane district.Kanoujia is a resident of Panvel in Raigad.”They were produced before court, which sent them in police custody till October 25. As per the interrogation of the accused, we have found that Sapre and and Kanoujia are key members of this module. The weapons used to murder Siddique were provided to the shooters by this module,” he said.Giving information about the firearms, he said they comprised foreign made Tisas and Glock as well as a country-made pistol.”We believe the firearms were brought from north India. The delivery was done in mid-September. This module also helped with finance and gave logistic support to the shooters. Shooters Shivkumar Gautam, who is on the run, and Dharmaraj Kashyap stayed with the members of this module in August,” the official said.A probe is underway to find out if the module also helped the shooters gain firing practice in Karjat, the official said, adding efforts are on to nab the local contact of the accused persons.
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