Mumbai police have launched an investigation into the murder of the former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, looking at it from multiple angles, reported the agency PTI on Sunday.

Siddique, a prominent leader from Ajit Pawar-led NCP, which is part of the ruling NDA alliance in Maharashtra, was shot at near Nirmal Nagar in Mumbai's Bandra last evening.

An Indian politician has been shot dead in the commercial capital, Mumbai. Gunmen opened fire on Baba Siddique, 66, near the office of his son, who is also a politician, according to local media reports. Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing.

Mumbai: NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique who was killed on Saturday night, will be laid to rest on Sunday with full state honours. Siddique will be laid to rest at Bada Kabrastan in Marine Lines at around 8:30pm.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, who was shot dead in Mumbai, will be cremated with full state honours. Siddique, a former minister in the Maharashtra government (2004-2008) and chairman of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA),

Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by three men in Mumbai's Bandra area on Saturday.

Baba Siddique, a former three-time MLA from Bandra West and member of the Ajit Pawar faction of the National Congress Party (NCP), was tragically shot dead last night in Bandra East, Mumbai. The attack unfolded during the Dussehra celebrations,

Former Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique was shot at in Mumbai, police said on Saturday. According to the police, he was fired upon by unidentified people.