"This is the failure of law and order ": Mallikarjun Kharge on killing of Baba Siddique
Oct 13, 2024
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], October 13 : Slamming the Maharashtra government over killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that this is the failure of law and order.
Kharge said, "We openly said that the law and order situation is not fine there, even though he said that his life was in danger, Police didn't protect him, this is such a big lapse from administration's side. Police should always be on alert in a big city like Mumbai. This is the failure of law and order and intelligence. If government doesn't take care of such things that means they are neglecting (such incidents)."
Siddique, a leader in Ajit Pawar's faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was shot at near Nirmal Nagar in Bandra. He later succumbed to his bullet injuries at Lilavati Hospital late Saturday night.
The mortal remains of Baba Siddique were brought to his residence in Bandra.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Crime Branch has registered a case at Nirmal Nagar Police Station in connection with the murder under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Arms Act and Maharashtra Police Act.
The case has been registered at Nirmal Nagar Police Station under Crime Registration No. 589/2024, Sections 103(1), 109, 125, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3, 25, 5, and 27 of the Arms Act, and Section 37 and section 137 of the Maharashtra Police Act.
Earlier today, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde announced that NCP leader Baba Siddique would be cremated with full state honours, who was shot dead in Mumbai.
According to the Chief Minister Office (CMO), Siddique will be given full state honours as he served as minister in the Maharashtra government during 2004-2008 and also as chairman of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA).
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said that five teams have been formed and sent to different states to probe the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddiqui and it will be known in 2-3 days that who was behind the incident.
