Baba Siddique Received Death Threats 15 Days Ago, Was Provided Y-Category Security

Mumbai: Baba Siddique, senior leader of  Ajit Pawar -led Nationalist  Congress  Party (NCP), died on Saturday after he was shot multiple times in Mumbai's Bandra by unidentified people.

Siddique had received death threats 15 days ago and had been provided Y-category security. 

Three unidentified persons fired at and injured Baba Siddiqui of the Ajit Pawar -led NCP in Mumbai's Bandra East on Saturday evening.

The former state minister was admitted to Lilavati Hospital nearby with grievous injuries, a police official said.

The firing took place outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddiqui's office near Colgate ground in Nirmal Nagar, the official added.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said Mumbai police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar had told him that two alleged shooters have been taken into custody.

The CM told TV channels that one of them is from Uttar Pradesh and the other from Haryana , while a third accused fled from the spot.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis , who also holds the home portfolio, arrived at Lilavati Hospital sometime after the incident.

Siddiqui, a three-time-former MLA, had recently joined the NCP from the Congress . (with PTI inputs)