NCP leader Baba Siddique was shot in Bandra East, Mumbai. The firing took place outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddiqui's office near Colgate ground in Nirmal Nagar on Saturday. He was rushed to the Lilavati Hospital but could not survive, said Mumbai police. Another person has been injured in the incident where three rounds were fired.
Mumbai Police said that there were two suspects in the case and are being interrogated.
"Two culprits have been caught one is from Haryana and one is from Uttar Pradesh. There is a third culprit who is absconding and we will catch him too. The Mumbai police is capable of handling the law and order," said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, adding the the case would be heard in the fast track court.
About Baba Siddique
He was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the state of Maharashtra in India for the Vandre West Vidhan Sabha Constituency. He was the MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and had also served as a Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour and FDA, (2004–08).
Siddique had also served as a Municipal Corporator for two consecutive terms (1992–1997). On February 8, he resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party and later joined the Nationalist Congress Party led by Ajit Pawar on February 12.
Political career
Siddique joined the Congress as a teenager in 1977. He participated in various students' movements of the time as a member of the Mumbai chapter of the National Students Union of India – the student’s wing of the Congress. He went on to become the General Secretary of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in 1980 and was elected its president within the next two years. In 1988, he became president of the Mumbai Youth Congress.
Four years later he was elected a Municipal Councilor in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation and was re-elected to the position five years later. He became an MLA in 1999 from the Bandra West Assembly Constituency. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2009, thus, so far, serving three consecutive terms. Siddique was also appointed Chairman of the MHADA Mumbai Board by the Maharashtra government to serve from 2000-2004. He was also appointed Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour, FDA and Consumer Protection for the Government of Maharashtra and served from 2004–2008. In 2011, he funded the creation of an Eco-Garden in Bandra-Khar.
Mumbai Police said that there were two suspects in the case and are being interrogated.
"Two culprits have been caught one is from Haryana and one is from Uttar Pradesh. There is a third culprit who is absconding and we will catch him too. The Mumbai police is capable of handling the law and order," said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, adding the the case would be heard in the fast track court.
About Baba Siddique
He was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the state of Maharashtra in India for the Vandre West Vidhan Sabha Constituency. He was the MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and had also served as a Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour and FDA, (2004–08).
Siddique had also served as a Municipal Corporator for two consecutive terms (1992–1997). On February 8, he resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party and later joined the Nationalist Congress Party led by Ajit Pawar on February 12.
Political career
Siddique joined the Congress as a teenager in 1977. He participated in various students' movements of the time as a member of the Mumbai chapter of the National Students Union of India – the student’s wing of the Congress. He went on to become the General Secretary of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in 1980 and was elected its president within the next two years. In 1988, he became president of the Mumbai Youth Congress.
Four years later he was elected a Municipal Councilor in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation and was re-elected to the position five years later. He became an MLA in 1999 from the Bandra West Assembly Constituency. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2009, thus, so far, serving three consecutive terms. Siddique was also appointed Chairman of the MHADA Mumbai Board by the Maharashtra government to serve from 2000-2004. He was also appointed Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour, FDA and Consumer Protection for the Government of Maharashtra and served from 2004–2008. In 2011, he funded the creation of an Eco-Garden in Bandra-Khar.
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