Baba Siddique was shot dead by three gunmen near his son MP Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Mumbai. (File)

Mumbai:

Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested one more person in connection with the killing of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, an official said.

The crime branch has detained the accused, the official said without elaborating.

This is the 16th arrest in the case, the official said.

Baba Siddique (66) was shot dead by three gunmen near the office of his MP son Zeeshan Siddique in Mumbai’s Bandra area on October 12.

Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol Bishnoi was allegedly behind Baba Siddique’s murder.

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