Esplanade court on Monday remanded the third person arrested for the killing of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique to police custody till October 21. Pravin Lonkar, brother of Shubbu Lonkar, was arrested in Pune on October 13 in connection with the shooting of Baba Siddique.

Police told the court that Lonkar was a key co-conspirator in the case, which took place on October 12 in Mumbai’s Nirmal Nagar area. Pravin’s arrest follows claims by Shubbu on Facebook, that the killing was carried out under the direction of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. The Esplanade Court remanded him to police custody until October 21.