Siddique, a three-time Member of Parliament from Bandra West, joined Ajit Pawar’s NCP in early February this year after resigning from the Congress. He was shot by unknown assailants on Saturday evening (Photo: ANI)
After the shooting of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique in Mumbai, the party has canceled all its programs scheduled for Sunday.
In a statement to X, the NCP said, “In view of the tragic death of our team mate Baba Siddique, all the team’s plans for October 13, meaning the Sunday stand, have been cancelled.”
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Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister and a leader in Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was gunned down near Nirmal Nagar in Bandra. He later succumbed to his bullet injuries at Lilavati Hospital on Saturday night.
The Mumbai Police on Sunday morning took the body of slain NCP leader Baba Siddique from Lilavati Hospital to Cooper Hospital, where doctors will conduct an autopsy.
The body was kept at Lilavati Hospital, where a large number of people, including politicians and celebrities, gathered late into the night to meet Siddique’s family and pay their respects.
Siddique, a three-time Member of Parliament from Bandra West, joined Ajit Pawar’s NCP in early February this year after resigning from the Congress. He was shot by unknown assailants on Saturday evening.
Calling the incident “a great misfortune,” CM Shinde told the media that two suspects have been arrested, while one is still at large.
“This is a very unfortunate incident. I have spoken to the doctors and the police. Two people have been arrested — the accused from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The third accused is missing. We have ordered the Mumbai police to take strict action against those who take law and order into their own hands,” Shinde told reporters in Thane. CM Shinde told reporters the other day.
According to doctors at the hospital, Baba Siddique sustained two gunshot wounds to the chest before being brought to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital for emergency treatment.
Mumbai Additional CP Paramjit Singh Dahiya confirmed the arrest of the two suspects.
“The incident happened at around 09:30 at night in Nirmal Nagar. Baba Siddique was taken to Lilavati Hospital after being shot. Two suspects have been arrested, and the Mumbai Crime Branch is investigating the case,” Dahiya told the media.
Mumbai police said they have recovered the weapon used in the crime. “A 9.9mm pistol was used during the shooting,” officials said.
First published: October 13 2024 | 9:16 AM IST