The Baba Siddique murder case took a stunning turn when it was discovered that the shooters involved in the crime did not learn their trade from experienced hitmen, but from the unlikeliest of places - YouTube videos.
The YouTube tutorials, it appears, were not just a theoretical learning experience for the shooters. Key suspect Shivkumar Gautam, who is currently on the run, put the skills he learned into practice, recruiting accomplices Gurmail Singh and Dharmaraj Kashyap to join him in his deadly mission.
According to sources, the trio took a house in Kurla, a suburb in Mumbai, where they set up a makeshift shooting range. Here, under Gautam's watchful eye, Singh and Kashyap honed their skills, firing away at targets under the cover of darkness. The rented house was the perfect place for the makeshift shooting range - in an area teeming with people, the sound of gunfire would not arouse much suspicion.
What's even more remarkable about this case is the way the shooters communicated with each other. Aware that phones and landlines were closely monitored by the authorities, the trio used social media apps to stay in touch. This level of tech savviness allowed them to stay under the radar, until it was too late.
When the authorities finally pieced together the sequence of events, they were left stunned. The use of YouTube as a teaching tool, the makeshift shooting range in Kurla, and the communication through social media apps - all pointed to a level of sophistication that was hard to fathom.
As the case continues to unravel, one thing is certain - the Baba Siddique murder will go down as a watershed moment in the world of crime. In an era where information is free flowing, it seems that even the most unlikely of people have access to the tools and resources needed to commit crimes.