Mumbai: Senior NCP leader Baba Siddiqui shot dead

Senior NCP leader Baba Siddiqui (Ajit Pawar faction) was shot dead in Mumbai's Bandra East late Saturday evening (October 12).

The former Maharashtra minister was rushed to Lilavati Hospital after he was shot by an unidentified person. The firing took place outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddiqui's office near Colgate ground in Nirmal Nagar, an official said.

"Two to three rounds were fired. Further probe is underway as teams have rushed to the area," the official said. Siddiqui had recently joined the NCP from the Congress. 

(With Agency inputs)