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#BabaSiddiqueShotDead: Delhi Police To Assist Probe ; Devendra Fadnavis Under Fire From Opposition; Maharashtra Law And Order Under Scrutiny

Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by three men in Mumbai’s Bandra area . Two of the assailants have been arrested, according to officials.

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A team from the Special Cell of the Delhi police is set to be dispatched to Mumbai to assist in the investigation of the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique the police sources said .

Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by three men in Mumbai’s Bandra area . Two of the assailants have been arrested, according to officials.

The former Maharashtra minister was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead.

“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.

The Mumbai police 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.

Meanwhile , A doctor from the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, where Baba Siddique was taken after he was shot at, has said the former Maharashtra minister probably died before being shifted to the medical facility.

Siddique was unconscious when he was brought to the Lilavati Hospital on Saturday night after being shot at. Doctors tried for almost two hours to save him, but in vain, he said.

Speaking to reporters after the incident on Saturday night, doctors at the medical facility said, “There were two wounds of gunshots at the front of his chest. There was lot of blood loss, and he was unconscious when his family members brought him to the hospital.”

Congress has said the killing of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique is a serious indictment of the ‘crumbling’ law and order situation in Maharashtra and demanded a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident.

The shocking incident prompted the opposition to question the law and order situation in the state, where assembly elections are expected to be held next month.

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In a post on X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the tragic demise of Siddique is shocking beyond words.

“In this hour of grief, I offer my deepest condolences to his family, friends and supporters,” he said.

NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar tweeted on X

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