'Will be killed like Baba Siddique': Mumbai police receive call threatening UP CM Yogi Adityanath

The Mumbai traffic police have received a message threatening to kill Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, an official said on Sunday.

The city police's traffic control room received the message from an unknown number saying if Adityanath did not resign from the CM's post, then he will be killed like NCP leader Baba Siddique, the official said.

Hours after the development, the Mumbai police arrested a woman for the death threat to the UP CM.


The police are on alert as Adityanath is likely to come to Maharashtra for the state assembly election campaign and have launched a probe into the threat message, the official added.

Former Maharashtra minister Siddique was shot multiple times by three assailants on October 12, 2024, as he left his office in Bandra (West), Mumbai, between 9:15 PM and 9:30 PM.

Despite immediate medical attention at Lilavati Hospital, he was pronounced dead upon arrival, raising grave concerns about security for public figures, especially given Siddique's Y-category security protection.

Reports indicate that notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi financed the assassination, initially providing Rs 50,000 and promising an additional Rs 2 lakh upon successful completion of the crime.

The attackers had allegedly prepared for the operation well in advance, securing a rented room in Kurla as a base. Equipped with photographs of Siddique for identification, they executed the plan with alarming precision.

Witnesses reported that Gautam, one of the shooters, fired six bullets, hitting Siddique three times.

After the shooting, the assailants attempted to evade capture by fleeing through a Durga Puja procession and incapacitating Siddique's police guard with pepper spray.

However, police were able to apprehend two suspects, identified as Kashyap and Singh, in a nearby park shortly after the incident.