NCP leader Baba Siddiqui's son Zeeshan Siddiqui was also a target in the murder plot. The attackers were contracted to eliminate both Baba and Zeeshan Siddiqui, the arrested accused told Mumbai Police.

The Mumbai Police on Tuesday detained two more people from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the murder of the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) leader Baba Siddique. As per information from officials,

The plan to kill Siddique was made in a Patiala jail with help from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, with Mohammad Zeeshan Akhtar named as a key conspirator.

An Indian politician has been shot dead in the commercial capital, Mumbai. Gunmen opened fire on Baba Siddique, 66, near the office of his son, who is also a politician, according to local media reports.

Former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique was shot dead in Mumbai. He was Ajit Pawar led NCP leader. 3 unknown assailants fired 2-3 rounds of gunshots at him. The incident took place outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique's office near Colgate ground in Nirmal Nagar,

On the occasion of Dussehra on the night of October 12 three attackers shot and killed NCP leader Baba Siddiqui. Two of the three attackers were caught by the crowd on the spot and handed over to the police.

The Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested a fourth accused in Baba Siddiqui's murder case. The accused -- identified as Mohammad Zeeshan Akhtar -- has been arrested a day after three men shot at the former Maharashtra minister at Kher Nagar in Mumbai's Bandra area just outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique's office.

A day after former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead in Mumbai by three assailants, the Mumbai Police produced two of the accused before the holiday court on Sunday, October 13, amid full protection.