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Two more persons have been arrested for the fatal 3 April attack on NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad and his wife, who succumbed to injuries today, taking the number of arrests to four, even as efforts are on to nab the alleged mastermind.
Rizvan and Tanzeem were arrested this morning and produced in court, Assistant Superintendent of Police Dharmveer Singh said in Bijnor.
Investigation is on and several teams have been deputed to nab the alleged mastermind Muneer.
Uttar Pradesh Police had Tuesday claimed to have solved the case by arresting Rehan, who is nephew of Ahmed’s brother-in-law, and Zainul and had contended that domestic dispute was the motive behind the crime.
Meanwhile, Ahmad’s wife Farzana Khatoon, who was also grievously injured in the attack, succumbed this morning.
In the “planned attack”, the motorcycle-borne killers had pumped 24 bullets into 45-year-old Ahmad and four into his wife Farzana, as their daughter, 14, and son, 12, watched the gruesome incident from the back seat of the Wagon-R car they were travelling in.
According to the police, the motorcycle-borne accused followed Ahmad who was returning home in Sahaspur village of Bijnor district with his family after attending his niece’s wedding in another village in the same district on the intervening night of 2 and 3 April.
The attackers overtook his vehicle at Sahaspur village and Muneer allegedly fired at Ahmed and his wife.
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