Baba Siddique shot dead: Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Sanjay Dutt visit Lilavati Hospital. Watch videos

Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) leader and three-time MLA Baba Siddique was shot dead by three persons in Bandra East on Saturday evening. Sanjay Dutt, Shilpa Shetty and Salman Khan, among others, were seen visiting Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, where Siddique was admitted after the incident.

Sanjay Dutt was seen exiting the hospital, and soon after, Shilpa Shetty and her husband, Raj Kundra, arrived to pay their last respects to Baba Siddique. Salman Khan and Zaheer Iqbal also made their way to the hospital.

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Siddiqui, 66, was pronounced dead at around 11:25 pm on Saturday night.

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Baba Siddique was a seasoned politician, but he was also known for his flamboyant style. He was quite popular among Bollywood celebrities. His Iftar parties saw numerous celebrities, including Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, among others, in attendance.

Siddique is also known as the man who ended Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan’s infamous fight and brought them together under one roof at one of his Iftar parties.

Baba Siddique was elected as a Congress MLA thrice and represented the Bandra West constituency from 1999 until 2014; he served as a minister in the Congress-NCP government from 2004 to 2008. After being with the Congress for 48 years, he switched his political affiliations earlier this year, and aligned himself with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP.

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