NCP leader Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai, Eknath Shinde assures action

Former Maharashtra Minister and National Congress Party (NCP-Ajit Pawar) faction leader Baba Siddique was murdered in Mumbai on Saturday. Siddique succumbed to bullet injuries at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital during treatment after being shot in his chest and stomach.

Shiv Sena (Shinde) spokesperson Manisha Kayande said that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was himself monitoring the entire situation and promised the strictest action against the culprits. She also informed that Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had already reached the hospital.