NIA officer shot dead by unidentified gunmen in bijnor; wife injured

Mr Tanzil Ahmed

Motorbike borne two unidentified assailants shot Mr Tanzil Ahmed, 45, an NIA officer, resident of Shahinbagh Delhi, at Sahaspur in district Bijnor in UP on Saturday night. The officer died on the spot and his wife has injured. According to report, the assailants were tailgating the car since 30 minutes.

Tanzil Ahmed was returning with his wife and children from marriage ceremony of his niece; motorbike borne two miscreants shoot him. They fired at him many rounds. The officer was returning by his car.

According to the preliminary report, 24 bullets by 9MM revolver were shot on Tanjil. 12 bullets during autopsy were ejected out from the body; 9, crossed the body; while 3, only touched the body.

Mr Tanjil Ahmad was buried in Jamia cemetery on Sunday evening. Mr. Ahemad was on Dy SP post in National Investigating Agency. He was given official salute and respect; the present crowd of funeral was shouting, ’Jai Hind’ and ‘Hindustan Jindabad’; simultaneously they were shouting: ‘UP government Hai, Hai’ and ‘Tanjil Ahmad Amar Rahe’. No political leaders’ presence was the cause of resentment to the crowd. However Arvind Kejriwal reached the spot to pay respect at the last rites.

Rs 20 lakh ex-gratia will be paid to the officer’s family by the BSF and all the possible assistance to the bereft family of martyr will be given. Mr Tanjil was posthumously bedecked by martyr.

The Home Minster, Rajnath Singh said to UP government to maintain law and order in the state. Raj Nath Singh said, “I hope that the UP government will improve the situation of law and order. The team went there and collecting all the information.”

IG Bareli, Vijey Kumar said, “the information that was collected preliminarily inquiry reveals the DSP was on target, not his family.”

NIA IG, SK Singh said, “our brave officer, Tajil was killed in a planned attack, his wife is injured.” He told, “The UP Police, STF and ATS are investigating the case.”