Two accused in the Baba Siddique murder case moved a plea before the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court on Monday, seeking to retract their confessional statements recorded by Mumbai Police. The accused, Gurmail Singh and Harishkumar Kashyap, claimed that they did not give the statements voluntarily, news agency PTI reported.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader was shot at in the Nirmal Nagar of Bandra in suburban Mumbai on October 12 and died soon after in a nearby hospital.