In a significant breakthrough in the Baba Siddique murder case, the Mumbai Crime Branch has apprehended Sumit Dinkar Wagh, 26, a close associate of the primary conspirator Shubham Lonkar, who remains at large. Wagh, arrested in Akola, is accused of playing a pivotal role in financing the conspiracy under Lonkar’s instructions. He is a graduate of arts and has been involved in illegal betting. “One more accused has been arrested in the case and is being brought to Mumbai from Akola,” said DCP Datta Nalawade of the Mumbai Crime Branch.

Focus shifts to financial angle