Hours after NCP leader Baba Siddique was brutally shot dead by three unidentified assailants in Mumbai's Bandra East area, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday (October 13) announced that Siddique would be cremated with full state honours.
According to a statement released by the Chief Minister's office, CM Shinde has instructed officials to organize a state funeral for Siddique, who had also served as a minister in the Congress-led government between 2004 and 2008.
