Mumbai, Dec 11 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Thursday said there seemed to be some malafide behind the scaling down of security cover of Zeeshan Siddique, son of late NCP leader and former MLA Baba Siddique, who was killed in October last year.

A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and R R Bhonsale made the remarks while hearing a petition filed by Baba Siddique's widow Shehzeen, seeking transfer of the investigation into her husband's murder to an "independent and impartial agency".

Siddique was shot dead by three assailants outside his son Zeeshan's office in Bandra on the night of October 12, 2024.

Shehzeen said in her plea that her husband had repeatedly raised security concerns and sought restoration of police protection weeks before his murder.

After Siddique's murder, Zeeshan was pro

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