India, Oct. 20 -- What happened: Former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique, 66, was shot dead on October 12, 2024, outside his son, NCP lawmaker Zeeshan Siddique's Bandra East office. Who was behind it: Gangster Anmol Bishnoi is named as the main accused in the case. Alleged Motive: The gang members claimed that the former Maharashtra minister was killed "due to his alleged close proximity to actor Salman Khan". Siddique's widow, Shehzeen Siddique, has, however, approached the high court for an independent probe into the murder, claiming that the NCP leader was killed possibly by builders who had interest in construction projects in and around Bandra. Her petition is pending adjudication. Police Action: The police have arrested 27 accused in the case, including the shooter Gurmel Baljit Singh, Dharmaraj Radhe Kasyap, Pravin Rameshwar Lonkar, Harishkumar Kashyap, Nitin Sapre, Pradip Thombare, Chetan Pardhi, Kisan Pardhi, Ran Kanojia, Bhagwantsingh Omsingh, Amit Kumar, Rupesh Mohol, Shivam Kohad, Karan Sale, Sujit Singh aka Babbu Singh, Gaurav Apune, Aditya Gulankar, Rafiq Niyaj Shaikh, Shivakumar Balkishan Gautam, Anurag Kashyap, Gyanprakash Tripathi, Akash Shrivastav, Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Akashdeep Karaj Singh, Salman Iqbal Vohra, Sumit Dinkar Wagh and Amol Gaikwad. Anmol Bishnoi, his close associates Shubham Lonkar and Zeeshan Akhtar are shown as wanted accused in the case. Case Status: Charges under MCOCA, murder, and criminal conspiracy have been framed against all the arrested accused in February 2026 and trial has started....