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Baba Siddique’s body taken to Cooper hospital for postmortem

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13 Oct 2024 07:35 IST Updated On 13 Oct 2024 07:38 IST

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Police personnel cordon off an area after an unidentified person fired at and injured NCP (Ajit Pawar) leader Baba Siddiqui at Bandra East area, in Mumbai, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. — Police personnel cordon off an area after an unidentified person fired at and injured NCP (Ajit Pawar) leader Baba Siddique at Bandra East area, in Mumbai, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024.

Mumbai: Police on Sunday morning shifted former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique’s body to the Mumbai municipal corporation’s Cooper Hospital for postmortem, an official said.

The body of Siddique (66), who was shot dead by three assailants in Mumbai on Saturday, was shifted from Lilavati Hospital to Cooper Hospital around 6 am, the official said.

Siddique was waylaid by three men at Kher Nagar in Mumbai just outside his son’s office around 9.30 pm and shot at. He was taken to Lilavati Hospital, where he was declared dead.

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