Maharashtra police on Thursday detained two suspects in connection with the recce of Congress leader and former minister Naseem Khan. According to Mumbai Crime Branch, Naseem Khan was being spied on for the last one week. On the day of voting on Wednesday, both the suspects were chasing Congress leader Naseem Khan. In such a situation, the question is whether Naseem Khan is the target of any gang after Baba Siddiqui?
According to police sources, both the suspects had come to Mumbai on November 15. One of the two had asked a worker of Naseem Khan in Powai Hiranandani area about the Congress leader. After this, both of them reached Naseem Khan’s office on Thursday afternoon, where one of them interrogated Naseem Khan’s bodyguard. He expressed his desire to meet Naseem Khan. The police have detained both the suspects. One of them has a criminal history.
Abuse during meeting with Naseem Khan
According to sources, on Thursday both of them were trying to reach Naseem Khan in a suspicious manner. After which his workers and security personnel caught him and handed him over to the police. During this time, when he met Naseem Khan, the language in which the accused spoke to him also deepened the suspicion and the accused was handed over to the police. The name of one of the detained people is Armaan Malik who is a resident of Meerut.
FIR has been registered against Armaan Malik under section 325. This FIR is registered in Meerut which is a case related to illegal weapons. At the same time, the police has recovered suspicious chat with a person named Lokesh from the mobile of the accused. After receiving suspicious chats from the accused’s phone, the crime branch was informed whether Naseem Khan was also someone’s target like Baba Siddiqui. The police is investigating the background of the other person.
Who is Naseem Khan?
Naseem Khan is the working president of Maharashtra Congress. Apart from being the former Home Minister of the state, he has handled many ministries. Whereas, Naseem Khan is currently the Congress candidate from Chandivali assembly seat. This seat is the traditional seat of Naseem Khan. He has won from here many times. But in 2019, he lost the election for the first time to joint Shiv Sena candidate Dilip Lande. This time he is once again in the electoral fray.
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Naseem Khan originally comes from Ambedkar Nagar district of UP and is counted among the big leaders of Mumbai. No direct link has yet emerged in this case. In such a situation, who had sent Armaan, why was he doing Reiki, if there was some work then why did he not tell when he met? After Baba Siddiqui, is Naseem Khan the target of any gang? The police is busy investigating all aspects.
