India, Nov. 8 -- Shehzeen Siddique, the widow of the slain former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, on Friday moved the Bombay High Court seeking an independent, impartial and court-monitored investigation into his murder.

She also rubbished the charge sheet filed by the police in the case, calling it a "mockery of justice". She claimed that the police's investigation was "incomplete and totally misleading", adding that they had not probed the possibility of a powerful builders' lobby being behind the brutal crime.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, 66, was shot dead by three assailants outside his son and former MLA Zeeshan's office in Bandra (East) on the night of October 12, 2024. The Mumbai police's investigati...