India
Muslim leader Baba Siddique killed in Mumbai
Mumbai: A Muslim leader Baba Siddique (65) was killed by unknown gunmen in Maharashtra state of India.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Baba Siddique was shot dead by three assailants outside his son’s office at Kher Nagar in Mumbai city.
Before the Lok Sabha polls, Siddique had quitted Congress and the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance to join the Ajit Pawar-led NCP and switched to the ruling Maha Yuti.
His son, Zeeshan Siddique, is an MLA from Vandre East. The details of the killing are yet to be known.
Meanwhile, a former Congress MLA Sanjay Talwar’s car was fired outside his house in South City’s Janpath Enclave in Ludhiana city of Punjab state.
