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NETA'S SHOCKING SUPARI MURDER SHOWS POOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
The Morning Standard
|October 14, 2024
THE shocking mafia-style hit job of a powerful ruling party neta in Mumbai revived concerns over the law and order situation in the Maximum City ahead of assembly polls in Maharashtra.
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For almost five decades, Baba Siddique remained a prominent member of the Congress and rose to become its Muslim face before switching to the NCP after the opportunistic Ajit Pawar split the party. The three-term legislator and former minister was a master in political survival till he ran out of luck, as he managed a Congress ticket for son Zeeshan from the Bandra East assembly constituency and got him elected, giving him the convenience of sailing on two boats. His legendary iftar parties drew Hindi cinema's A-listers and helped the famous Khans Salman and Shah Rukh-break ice over a decade ago. For reasons the investigators are yet to fully e
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