Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said that five teams have been formed and sent to different states to probe the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddiqui and it will be known in 2-3 days that who was behind the incident.
Ajit Pawar went to Cooper Hospital where the body of Baba Siddique was shifted for post-mortem and met the NCP leader’s son Zeeshan Siddique.
Speaking to the media, Pawar said, “I cannot believe the incident which occurred yesterday in Mumbai. He was one of our leaders and has worked for years in Mumbai. He was also in Congress and was a three-time MLA. He worked as a minister as well. The police department started its investigation very soon. Two people have been arrested. Five teams have been formed and sent to different states. The CM, Home Minister and I are monitoring the situation. Who gave the contract (for murder) and who is behind all this, I believe it will be known in 2-3 days.”
Ajit Pawar also mentioned that a funeral will be arranged at 8:30 PM with full state honour at Bada Qabrastan, in Mumbai lines for Baba Siddique.
He also attacked the opposition and said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has assured proper investigation in the case.
“The opposition will say this (blaming govt) but our work is to take care of law & order. The deputy CM visited here. I have talked to him and the CM as well and they have assured us that we will soon get to know who all were behind this,” he said.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Sunday announced that NCP leader Baba Siddique would be cremated with full state honours, who was shot dead in Mumbai.
According to the Chief Minister Office (CMO), Siddique will be given full state honours as he served as minister in the Maharashtra government during 2004-2008 and also as chairman of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA).
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Crime Branch has registered a case at Nirmal Nagar Police Station in connection with the murder under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Arms Act and Maharashtra Police Act.
The case has been registered at Nirmal Nagar Police Station under Crime Registration No. 589/2024, Sections 103(1), 109, 125, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3, 25, 5, and 27 of the Arms Act, and Section 37 and section 137 of the Maharashtra Police Act.
Siddique, a leader in Ajit Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was shot at near Nirmal Nagar in Bandra. He later succumbed to his bullet injuries at Lilavati Hospital late Saturday night.