India, Dec. 12 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the Maharashtra government's decision to scale down the security cover of former MLA Zeeshan Siddique, the son of the late Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, who was shot dead in October last year.

Considering the "legal complexities" in the case, the court also requested the advocate general to appear in the matter, after the state government failed to provide the details of the Mumbai police's threat-assessment committee's meetings to assess why Zeeshan's security was scaled down last month.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Baba Siddique's widow, Shehzeen, seeking an independent, court-monitored investigation into her husband's murder. She has rubbished the polic...