Baba Siddique’s shooter among six sentenced to life for Kaithal murder
Hindustan TimesA Kaithal court sentenced six people, including one of the shooters of former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique, to life imprisonment for the murder of a youngster in 2019. Additional district and sessions judge, Kaithal, Nandita Kaushik on Tuesday sentenced Vicky, alias Sultan, Sandeep, alias Sunny, Raj Kumar and Ankit, who were all out on bail, and accused Gurmel Singh, alias Teli, who was produced through video-conferencing from Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, and Ashok Kumar, alias Shoki, who is already in custody. In his complaint regarding the Kaithal murder, Ram Kumar of Narad village in Kaithal district said that the incident occurred on May 31, 2019, when his son Sunil had gone to a temple in his car. In its 80-page judgment, the court found Gurmel, Ankit, Sandeep, Rajkumar, and Vicky guilty, sentencing them to life imprisonment along with a fine of ₹60,500 each, while Ashok was also sentenced to life imprisonment, but fined ₹70,500.