Baba Siddiqui, a well-known Muslim politician, was killed in the Indian city of Mumbai yesterday.
Baba Siddiqui was targeted near the office of his son Zeeshan Siddiqui, a member of the Maharashtra Assembly, in Mumbai.
Baba Siddiqui was associated with the Indian Nationalist Congress Party. Bollywood stars were invited by Baba Siddiqui for Iftar party every year in the month of Ramadan, His Iftar party was famous all over India.
According to Indian media, Salman and Baba Siddiqui had a close friendship, Baba Siddiqui's constituency was also the same as where Salman Khan lives.
Baba's friendship with Salman Khan can be gauged from the fact that he left the shooting of Bigg Boss and rushed to the hospital as soon as Baba Siddiqui was informed about the attack.
Baba Siddiqui played an important role in fixing the relationship between Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, he ended the rivalry between Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in 2013.
According to reports, Baba Siddiqui had placed Salman Khan's father Salim Khan's seat next to Shah Rukh Khan's iftar party on 17 April 2013 so that Salman and Shah Rukh could face each other.
As soon as Shah Rukh Khan came to the party, he went to his seat and sat with his father Salim Khan and then it happened when Salman came, he met Shah Rukh and hugged each other.
Along with this, the long-standing enmity between the two also ended and now both are not only good friends but also work in each other's films.
