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Muslim politician Baba Siddique shot dead in India’s Mumbai

Police officers stand at the crime scene next to markings of the gunshots where politician Baba Siddique was shot dead in Mumbai, India [Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters]

A senior Muslim politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai has been shot dead weeks before a key state election, with police probing the role of a notorious crime gang.

Baba Siddique, 66, a three-time legislator and former minister in Maharashtra state, was shot multiple times outside the office of his son, also a legislator, in Mumbai on Saturday night, police said in a statement.

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