The final rites of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and three-time MLA Baba Siddique, who was shot dead late Saturday, were performed with full state honors on Sunday night. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde ordered state honors as Siddique had served as a minister in the Maharashtra Cabinet from 2004 to 2008. Meanwhile, the Mumbai police have confirmed the involvement of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in Siddique’s killing. Despite Y-level category security, he was shot dead by three assailants, ahead of the Assembly elections expected to be held in November.

Gurmail Singh and Dharamraj Kashyap were presented in Killa court this evening, with Singh remanded in police custody until October 21. Due to confusion over Kashyap’s age, the court ordered an ossification test before he was produced before the court again. Two more people, identified as Shivkumar Gautam and Mohamed Zeeshan Akhtar, are wanted in the case. While Gautam was one of the three shooters in Bandra, Akhtar is believed to have received the contract to murder Siddique.

The incident took place as Siddique was leaving his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Bandra East and was entering his car. According to the police, the assailants fired around six to seven rounds at him, of which two bullets hit him in the chest, and one hit him in the abdomen. He sustained multiple serious injuries and was rushed to Lilavati Hospital, where he was pronounced dead during treatment. Siddique was elected as a Congress MLA thrice and represented the Bandra West constituency from 1999 until 2014.