Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique passed away after being shot at multiple times by unidentified persons on Saturday, according to Mumbai police.
The incident occurred near the office of Zeeshan Siddiqui, Baba Siddiqui’s son, in Bandra East. Baba Siddiqui suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was swiftly taken to Lilavati Hospital for medical care.According to officials, his condition was critical when he was admitted to the hospital and sustained injuries in chest and abdomen.
Three assailants were involved in the attack, and authorities are now investigating to uncover the motive and identify the perpetrators.
Reports suggest that two people have been detained in the incident so far.
A two-time BMC corporator, Siddique won the Bandra West assembly constituency in 1999 on a Congress ticket and successfully retained his seat in the 2004 and 2009 elections. However, he lost to BJP’s Ashish Shelar in 2014 and did not run in the 2019 assembly elections. Siddique also held the position of Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies in the Congress-NCP government from 2004 to 2008. Earlier this year, he joined NCP.
Source : Times of India