Kumar was nabbed on Tuesday evening from Haryana by a crime branch team and brought to Mumbai on Wednesday morning.He was remanded in police custody till November 4.Siddique, 66, was shot dead outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Bandra area of Mumbai on October 12.Investigators have not yet established the motive behind the murder.They are probing the crime from different angles, including contract killing, business rivalry or threats over a slum rehabilitation project in Mumbai.Police have so far arrested ten persons, including two suspected shooters- Dharmaraj Kashyap and Gurmail Singh- while the main shooter Shivkumar Gautam and two conspirators are on the run.The investigation in the sensational murder case so far suggested a five-member Thane-based contract killing module was initially given the contract to kill the former Maharashtra minister.The module, however, backed out of the contract over disagreement on demanding a sum of Rs 50 lakh for executing the crime and given the clout of the late politician even though they provided logistical support and other help for carrying out the hit, according to police.Police have widened the dragnet in search of wanted accused Gautam, Shubham Lonkar and Akhtar against whom a look-out circular has been issued to prevent them from fleeing the country.
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