The murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique on Saturday night has put the city on high alert. The politician who was shot dead by three unidentified assailants in Bandra area of Mumbai was close to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. After his demise, the security outside the apartment of Salman Khan in Mumbai has been tightened. Visuals showing security personnel outside the Galaxy Apartment of the `Sultan` actor has been doing the rounds on social media. 

Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister and leader in Ajit Pawar`s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was shot near Nirmal Nagar in Bandra. He later succumbed to his bullet injuries at Lilavati Hospital late Saturday night. Salman visited Lilavati Hospital late on Saturday night to offer his condolences and meet the family of Siddique, who passed away from bullet injuries.