Baba Siddique's widow challenges police probe in HC, alleges cover-up

The petition also alleges that the police have not questioned persons named by Siddique's son Zeeshan

- Urvi Mahajani

Shehzeen Ziauddin Siddique, widow of late Congress leader and former MLA Baba Siddique, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of the investigation into her husband's murder to an "independent and impartial agency".

The plea, filed through advocate Trivankumar Karnani, alleges political interference and deliberate suppression of crucial evidence by the Mumbai Police. The matter is likely to come up for hearing next week.

Siddique, 66, was shot dead by three assailants outside his son Zeeshan's office in Bandra (East) on the night of October 12, 2024. Shehzeen's petition claims the police have intentionally avoided arresting the real culprits and have attributed the killing to gangster Anmol Bishnoi, brother of Lawrence Bishnoi. She suspects the involvement of a powerful builder lobby and a political leader behind her husband's death.