Veteran NCP leader Baba Siddique was shot dead on October 12 by three assailants outside his son MLA Zeeshan Siddique's office building in Mumbai's Bandra East. The plan was primarily orchestrated by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's brother Anmol.

MCOCA confessions admissible in court; stringent provisions invoked in Baba Siddique murder case, leading to multiple arrests.

The crime branch has so far arrested 26 persons, including the alleged main shooter Shiv Kumar Gautam, in the case. Provisions of stringent MCOCA are invoked in the Baba Siddique murder case, a Mumbai Police official said without elaborating.

Police are on the lookout for three more accused in the case; it wll be difficult for accused to secure bail under MCOC Act

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOC) Act in NCP politician Baba Siddique murder case, officials said on Saturday.

Baba Siddique, an Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, was shot dead by three assailants near his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique's, office in Mumbai's Nirmal Nagar on October 12.

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Mumbai Police have invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the murder case of NCP leader Baba Siddique. The investigation has led to the arrest of key conspirators and revealed complex coordination using mobile hotspots for communication.

The investigation into the murder of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique has taken a serious turn as the Mumbai Police invoke the stringent MCOCA. With 26 arrests, including the main shooter, the case highlights the challenges of organized crime in Maharashtra.

The Mumbai crime branch has invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in the case of former minister Baba Siddique's murder. Twenty-six suspects, including three shooters, have been arrested.