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An officer posted with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was shot dead by unidentified bike-borne assailants in the wee hours of 3 April. The officer’s wife was seriously injured.
The incident took place at 12:45 AM on 3 April when Ahmed, an assistant commandant with BSF who was currently on deputation in NIA, was returning from Bijnor.
In New Delhi, NIA IG Sanjeev Kumar termed it as a “planned attack”.
Kumar said Ahmed was an “NIA inspector, but back in BSF he was an assistant commandant”.
He said investigations into the killing are going on.
SHO, Bijnor, Rajkumar said the “officer along with his wife was returning from the wedding of his niece when two unidentified bike-borne persons stopped his car and shot at him. He was declared dead at a nearby hospital.”
His wife sustained serious injuries in the attack, police said.
When questioned, Swaroop said it is not clear whether Ahmed was part of the team in the Pathankot attack investigation case or not.
“Only NIA can tell whether he was involved in Pathankot attack investigation case,” he said.
Meanwhile, NIA in a statement has said, “Tanzil Ahmed was an asset to the agency. His killing is a great loss to NIA. We take it as a challenge to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice. We will not rest until that happens.”
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