Former MLA Baba Siddique was shot outside his son’s office in Bandra East. Assailants fled through a Durga Puja procession, neutralizing Siddique’s police guard with pepper spray. Police apprehended two suspects in a nearby park, seizing automatic pistols and magazines. A case has been registered.

Former Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique and his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique both were on the radar of shooters, said police sources on Sunday.

India-Canada ties soured after last September said that Ottawa was “actively pursuing credible allegations” that Indian agents were potentially linked to the killing of Nijjar