Baba Ziauddin Siddique (13 September 1958 – 12 October 2024) was an Indian politician who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the state of Maharashtra for the Vandre West Assembly constituency.[1] He was the MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and had also served as Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies (FDA) and Labour under Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh between 2004 and 2008.
Siddique had also served as Municipal Corporator earlier for two consecutive terms between 1992 and 1997. Before his death, he served as the Chairperson & Senior Vice President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee & Parliamentary Board of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. On 8 February 2024, he resigned from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress.[2] He later joined the Nationalist Congress Party led by Ajit Pawar on 12 February 2024.[3]
Baba Siddique Death
Baba Siddique was shot on 12 October 2024 by three assailants in Mumbai. He was then rushed to Lilavati Hospital where he was declared dead. He was 66 years old. Sources said three bullets were fired at Siddique around 9:30 pm near the office of his son, Zeeshan, who is the MLA of Bandra East. Two people were taken into custody,[10] identified as Gurmail Baljit Singh from Haryana and Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh. The police later named two more suspects, Shivkumar Gautam from Uttar Pradesh,[11] and Mohammad Jaseen Akhtar.[12][13] The police arrested Praveen Lonkar, who they say provided logistics support, and claimed that his absconding brother Shubham Lonkar was the mastermind behind the shooting.[14][15] On 15 October 2024, police made a fourth arrest, that of Harishkumar Balakram Nisad from Uttar Pradesh.[16][17] The Mumbai Police confirmed that the gang led by Lawrence Bishnoi, who is lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail, was involved in the assassination
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