Baba Siddique murder: Delhi Police to send special team to Mumbai for investigation

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police will dispatch a special investigation team to Mumbai to investigate the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, according to the Delhi Police Special Cell sources.

It is suspected that a gangster's motive behind the killing was to establish his influence in the city, the sources added.

The Mumbai Crime Branch has filed a case 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.

Siddiqui, a member of Ajit Pawar's NCP faction, was shot near Nirmal Nagar in Bandra and later succumbed to his injuries at Lilavati Hospital on Saturday night.

The police have arrested two suspects, Gurmail Singh from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh, revealing that they had been in Mumbai for some time, monitoring Siddiqui's movements and conducting reconnaissance of his home and office.

The police also mentioned that the accused had done recce of Baba Siddiqui's house and office premises and were in Mumbai for one and a half to two months and were keeping an eye on him.

"The search for the third accused is on and several teams of the Mumbai Crime Branch are investigating this case," the police mentioned.

The NCP has cancelled all its scheduled programmes for the day.

In a post on X, the NCP said, "Keeping in view the tragic death of our party colleague Baba Siddique, all party programs for 13th October, i.e. Sunday stand cancelled."

Siddiqui, who had served as an MLA for three terms from Bandra West, had recently joined Ajit Pawar's NCP in February this year after leaving the Congress.

(With inputs from agency)