The former three-time MLA and Maharashtra minister, Baba Siddique was fatally shot on Saturday night while leaving his office in upscale Bandra in Mumbai. He was rushed to Lilavati Hospital where he was declared dead.

A conspiracy to murder NCP leader Baba Siddique was hatched in Pune, involving Pravin Lonkar and his brother Shubham. The Lonkar brothers financed and organized the shooting, with hired gunmen receiving advance payments.

In a major breakthrough, Mumbai Police arrested the third accused, 28-year-old Pravin Lonkar, in connection with the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique. Lonkar, who was apprehended in Pune, is accused of hiring the shooters involved in the assassination.

Pune police officials confirmed that 25-year-old Lonkar, along with his brother Pravin, ran a dairy business in Warje

Two accused in Baba Siddique's murder were arrested from the spot after shooting at the NCP leader outside his office in Nirmal Nagar on Saturday. Another accused, the "prime conspirator", in the murder was arrested on Sunday.

On the occasion of Dussehra on the night of October 12 three attackers shot and killed NCP leader Baba Siddiqui. Two of the three attackers were caught by the crowd on the spot and handed over to the police.

The third accused has been identified as 28-year-old Pravin Lonkar. He allegedly hired shooters for the attack on Baba Siddique.