Five more persons were held on Friday in connection with the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, taking the total number of arrests in the sensational case to nine, a Mumbai police official said. Based on specific information,

Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by three men in Mumbai's Bandra area on October 12.

Based on specific information, raids were carried out by the Crime Branch in Panvel and Karjat in neighbouring Raigad district, leading to the arrest of these five persons for conspiracy related to the crime and its execution,

Mumbai Crime Branch is recording detailed statements of the security personnel assigned to late NCP leader Baba Siddique, who was assassinated last week. The move came after his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique,

Mumbai police met MHA officials to seek custodial interrogation of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the case of former minister Baba Siddique's murder. Bishnoi's involvement was discovered post-Salman Khan's residence firing.

The other two accused named in the LOC are the “co-conspirator” Shubham Lonkar and suspected handler Mohammed Zeeshan Akhtar The Mumbai police probing the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique has issued a look-out circular (LOC) against three accused,

Following the murder of politician Baba Siddique, Mumbai Crime Branch officials have confirmed to mid-day that they have written to Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), requesting files and details of SRA projects.

Baba Siddique was assigned 2+1 security, which meant two security personnel during the day and one during the night.

Four accused have already been arrested in the matter so far. The other two named in the LOC are the “co-conspirator.”

Slain NCP leader Baba Siddique's MLA son Zeeshan Siddique on Thursday issued a statement over the killing of his father. "My father lost his life protecting and saving the lives and homes of poor innocent people.

Baba Siddique was fatally shot outside his Bandra office, succumbing to injuries at Lilavati Hospital. His last rites were held with state honours. A political figure since his youth, he served multiple terms as an MLA for Bandra West and had strong ties to the Dutt family.