Murdered NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed's wife, Farzana, was also shot by the accused
Highlights
- NIA officer shot at least 16 times on April 3, his wife was also shot
- Two men arrested on Tuesday but main accused is still on the run
- UP police hinted that a personal grudge may be motive for the killing
The wife of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officer Tanzil Ahmed - who was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh earlier this month - died in a Delhi hospital today.
Mr Ahmed, 45, was driving back to Delhi from a family wedding on April 3 when two men on a bike stopped his Wagon R car and shot him 24 times. His wife Farzana Khatoon was with him and so were their children, aged 14 and 12, who were told by their father to duck as the first shots were fired.
The children escaped but Farzana Khatoon was hit with four bullets; she had been in a critical state at the AIIMS hospital.
On Tuesday, the police in Uttar Pradesh said two men in their early twenties have been arrested for the killing and the motive may have been personal.
One of the arrested men, Reyaan, was driving the bike. He allegedly told the police that Mr Ahmed refused to help him in a case and he was angry. The second arrested man is Zainul.
The man who allegedly fired the shots, Muneer, is yet to be found. The police have offered Rs.50,000 for information on him.
Reyaan, who was paraded before the media on Tuesday, said, "Muneer knows the real motive but his (Tanzil Ahmad's) behaviour towards us wasn't nice."
Zainul said: "I had no enmity towards Tanzil Ahmed, I abetted Munir out of friendship."
The NIA officer was investigating many terror cases including some against suspected ISIS sympathisers, and a joint team of security agencies has been investigating whether his murder was linked to his work.