Mohammad Tanzil Ahmed, 49
years old National Investigation Agency (NIA) officer was killed by unknown motorcycle
borne assailants in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district in early hours of Sunday.
He was returning in a car from wedding of his relative in a village near Sahaspur
police post, in the same district.
In this gruesome
incident, over 20 bullets were fired on Ahmed from close range by gunmen and four
were targeted at his wife Farzana, witnessed by teenage daughter and son. Farzana
was moved to Fortis hospital in Noida and she is under treatment.
Tanzil was on
deputation from Border Security Force to NIA since 2009. He was involved in several
terror cases linked to SIMI, Indian Mujahideen, Burdwan blasts, arrests
connected with IS and fake currency Cell. Currently, he was playing key role in
investigating the Pathankot base attack case.
NIA suspects that it was planned attack and they are probing
it from every possible angle. The state borders have been sealed and a massive
hunt operation is on to find the killers.
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