India, Nov. 12 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the investigation officer of the Baba Siddique murder case to respond to allegations by the late minister's family that the probe was prematurely closed without considering crucial evidence and recording the statements of key people, including his wife Shehzeen Siddique.

Shehzeen had moved the high court last week, seeking an independent and court-monitored investigation into her husband's murder. She also rubbished the charge sheet filed in the case, claiming that the police's investigation was "incomplete and totally misleading".

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, 66, was shot dead by three assailants outside his son and former MLA Zeeshan's office in Band...