{"id":113741,"date":"2024-10-13T17:08:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T10:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113741"},"modified":"2024-10-13T17:08:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T10:08:51","slug":"indian-politician-baba-siddique-shot-dead-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113741","title":{"rendered":"Indian politician Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">An Indian politician has been shot dead in the commercial capital, Mumbai. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Gunmen opened fire on Baba Siddique, 66, near the office of his son, who is also a politician, according to local media reports. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Siddique, a former local minister, was a senior figure in the politics of Maharashtra state, which is expected to hold legislative polls next month. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In February he defected from Congress, India&#8217;s main opposition party and joined the unrelated regional National Congress Party (NCP), which is part of the governing coalition of the BJP. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Maharashtra&#8217;s deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, from the same party as Siddique, said he was shocked by the &#8220;cowardly attack&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Siddique was known for lavish parties and for close ties to Bollywood superstars. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The shooting happened with high security in place due to a major Hindu festival in the city.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Opposition parties have criticised the government, saying there was a major lapse in security. The state government has promised a thorough inquiry.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Though two suspects have been taken into custody, the motive is not clear. Police are searching for a third suspect.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Some Indian media report the suspects have said they were from a gang run by notorious criminal Lawrence Bishnoi.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Bishnoi is currently serving a jail sentence for his involvement in several high-profile murder cases, including the killing of the <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-india-61862038\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian rapper Sidhu Moose Wala in 2022<!-- --><\/a>.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The shooting came weeks after Siddique&#8217;s security detail was upgraded following death threats.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c1k7y4ywx2jo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113741\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}