On Saturday night, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique was shot dead by three unidentified attackers in Mumbai. Baba Siddique was attacked outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddiqui’s office near Colgate Ground in Nirmal Nagar. According to the media reports, the attackers fired two to three rounds at him.
Baba Siddique was rushed to Lilavati Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. His funeral was held with full state honours at Bada Kabrastan in Mumbai. The arrested people have been identified as Gurmail Singh and Dharamraj Kashyap. The Mumbai police are also investigating the possibility of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s involvement in the murder.
Two youths involved in the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique are from the same village in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. The Mumbai police have arrested a 28-year-old individual from Pune in connection with the Baba Siddique murder case. The arrested man, identified as Pravin Lonkar, along with his brother, is accused of “enlisting” two out of the three alleged shooters involved in the crime, according to the media reports.
Who is Baba Siddiqui ?
Baba Siddique had recently joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), led by Ajit Pawar, after resigning from the Congress party earlier this year.
– Baba Siddique was a three-time MLA from the Bandra West assembly constituency but lost the 2014 Maharashtra assembly polls to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ashish Shelar.
– He also served as a Municipal Corporator for two consecutive terms from 1992 to 1997.
– During the Congress-NCP government in the early 2000s, Baba Siddique held positions such as Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Consumer Protection.
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