NCP Leader Baba Siddique shot dead: The firing occurred outside the office of his MLA son, Zeeshan Siddique, near Colgate Ground in Nirmal Nagar, the official said. Two persons have been detained by Mumbai Police.
NCP Leader and Ex-Maharashtra Minister Shot Dead: Mumbai police have confirmed the involvement of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the killing of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and three-time MLA Baba Siddique on Saturday night. Despite Y-level category security, Siddique was shot dead by three assailants — two of whom have been detained — ahead of the Assembly elections which are expected to be held in November. Meanwhile, CM Eknath Shinde has said Siddique will receive a state funeral as he has served as a minister in the Maharashtra Cabinet from 2004 to 2008.
Political storm in Maharashtra: Condemning the incident, leaders across Opposition parties, including the Congress, have sought accountability from the Shinde-led government for “growing criminal activities” in the state. Many leaders, including Sharad Pawar, have demanded the resignation of Maharashtra Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police have identified and detained two individuals — one from Haryana and the other from Uttar Pradesh — in connection with the incident so far. While the third person is said to be absconding, the case has been handed over to the Mumbai crime branch.
Where did the shooting occur? The incident took place as Siddique was leaving his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Bandra East and was entering his car. According to the police, the assailants fired around six to seven rounds at him of which two bullets hit him in the chest, and one hit him in the abdomen. He sustained multiple serious injuries and was rushed to Lilavati Hospital, where he was pronounced dead during treatment. Siddique was elected as a Congress MLA thrice and represented the Bandra West constituency from 1999 until 2014
NCP Leader Baba Siddique Shot Dead: Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique with Ajit Pawar in August; A view of the spot where he was shot dead in Bandra East.
NCP Leader Baba Siddique Shot Dead Live: Delhi Police Special Cell to assist in Baba Siddique murder probe: Sources tell PTI
Two of the three accused assailants have been detained by the Mumbai police so far with five teams being sent to other states to find others involved.
Now, news agency PTI has quoted police sources as saying that a team from the Special Cell of the Delhi Police is set to be dispatched to Mumbai to assist in the investigation of the killing.
“A team comprising four to five members from the Special Cell will go to Mumbai to investigate and assist the Mumbai Police. The team will look into the gangster angle,” said the source to PTI. Mumbai Police has said that the crime branch has launched a probe into the case from different angles, including a possible contract killing, business rivalry or threat over a slum rehabilitation project.
NCP Leader Baba Siddique Shot Dead Live: ‘Grim reminder of 80s decade of Mumbai,’ says Shiv Sena UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi
Putting out a list of high-profile incidents in this year, Shiv Sena UBT leader and Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said: “Maharashtra hasn’t seen such a state of collapse in its law and order. This death is a grim reminder of the 80s decade of Mumbai. “
Here’s list of incidents mentioned in her post on X:
– Feb’24 – Ganpat Gaikwad, BJP MLA, opened fire on Mahesh Gaikwad, the Mindhe Sena chief of Kalyan, inside a police station.
– Feb’24 – Abhishek Ghosalkar was shot dead by businessman Mauris Noronha alias ‘Mauris Bhai’ at the former’s Borivali office during a Facebook Live session. The CBI on the order of the Bombay high court took over the investigation from Mumbai police.
– Oct’24 – Sachin Kurmi, member of the NCP (AP), was fatally stabbed in Byculla (E)
– Oct’ 24 – Baba Siddique , NCP(AP) shot dead in Bandra despite knowing he was receiving death threats and had Y category security.
NCP Leader Baba Siddique Shot Dead Live: Ajit Pawar says 5 police teams on the lookout for those involved in NCP leader killing
“Two people have been arrested by the police. Further, the search is underway. Five teams have been deployed for the same. CM (Eknath Shinde) and Home Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) are also monitoring this. Everything will be in front of everyone in two to three days,” Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said as he visits Cooper Hospital in Mumbai where the post-mortem of his party colleaugue Baba Siddique’s body was conducted.
NCP Leader Baba Siddique Shot Dead Live: Here’s what we know about the 2 accused detained so far
Two of the three accused detained have been identified as Gurmail Baljit Singh, resident of Haryana, and Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap from native of Uttar Pradesh, as per the police.
As of now, the police has got no criminal track record of Gurmail Singh, but the officials say they were yet verifying his antecedents and getting more details about Gurmail Singh and his family. Rajesh Kalia, SP (Kaithal) told The Indian Express, “We are getting more details about Gurmail Singh. As of now, we have learnt that there is not much about his criminal background, but we are ascertaining details. So far, nobody from Mumbai police has got in touch directly with me, but they might be in touch with the Haryana STF. Gurmail Singh is a resident of Narhar village of Kaithal, but we learnt that he had moved to Mumbai long ago. We are still in the process of getting more details about him”.
NCP Leader Baba Siddique Shot Dead Live: ‘Most unsuccessful home minister of the state’, Shiv Sena UBT’s Sanjay Raut hits out at Fadnavis
“This is the most unsuccessful home minister of the state. Devendra Fadnavis was a good administrator once upon a time but now he has lost everything… Last night’s incident was horrible,” said Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut in a press briefing this morning. He also demanded Fadnavis’s resignation.
“The state cadre level of police officers have been appointed in Mumbai which are actually strictly for the IPS officers. They (state cadre officers) are appointed in Mumbai just because they have proximity with the CM(Shinde). There is an interference of Shinde in the home ministry and hence the HM (Fadnavis) should not be in this position. He (Shinde) is running the government as if he is running a syndicate of goons. The CM is using all these police officers but these police officers should know that when we will come to power, all the accounts will be settled,” Raut added.
NCP Leader Baba Siddique Shot Dead Live: ‘Unfortunate that opposition parties are trying to politicise this incident,’ says BJP spokesperson
“The murder of Baba Siddique ji is tragic. He was a prominent leader, and there should be no politics over this. Within 24 hours, two accused have already been arrested. CM Eknath Shinde ji himself is closely monitoring the investigation. Even Devendra Fadnavis ji has given a statement that no accused will be spared. It’s unfortunate that opposition parties are trying to politicise this incident. I want to tell the opposition that this is an NDA government, and no accused will go unpunished,” BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said on NCP leader Baba Siddique’s killing.
NCP Leader Baba Siddique Shot Dead Live: Why Lawrence Bishnoi connection is being made by Mumbai Police?
Over the last few years in particular, several officers from central agencies and the Mumbai police told The Indian Express that the Bishnoi gang was a “new headache”, a “new beast”. But why?
Lawrence Bishnoi is a prime accused in the 2022 murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and is currently lodged in Gujarat’s Sabarmati prison.
The Bishnoi gang, which has so far been active mainly in the northern states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and (western) UP, is attempting to step into Mumbai circles
For the police, used to the ways of the city’s underworld gangs who are not known to carry out any such acts without the promised amount in hand, the Bishnoi gang’s approach was markedly different.
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