Security Beefed Up At Residences Of Maharashtra CM, 2 Dy CMs

Mumbai: A day after NCP leader and former Minister Baba Siddique was shot dead, security was beefed up at the official residences of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar situated in the Malabar Hill area in south Mumbai.

The police have given instructions to put barriers on critical points from the Malabar Hill area. On Saturday night, Baba Siddique was murdered by three persons of which one was from Haryana and another from Uttar Pradesh. The police have arrested two while the third is absconding.

The police have released the names of the three accused -- Shiva, Dharmaraj and Gurmel. Shiv and Dharamraj are residents of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. Both have no previous criminal record while Gurmel is a resident of Haryana. Dharmaraj and Gurmel have been arrested. Shiva is absconding. He is said to have been given the contract for this murder.