NIA official shot dead in presence of wife, kids

BIJNOR/NEW DELHI: An officer posted with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was shot dead while his wife seriously injured by unidentified bike-borne assailants in the wee hours here today."Tanzil Ahmad was shot dead by two motorcycle borne persons when he was returning after attending a marriage ceremony with his wife Farzana," IG (Law and Order) Bhagwan Swaroop said.The incident took place at 12:45am 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"."One of our officers, very brave officer Mohammad Tanzil Ahmad had gone to his home to attend a function last night. When he was coming back from the function a planned attack took place on him and he was fired upon."He was killed in the firing while his wife was injured. She has been admitted to Fortis Hospital, Noida. He was an assistant commandant with BSF and was on deputation with NIA," he said.Kumar said Ahmed was an "NIA inspector but back in BSF he was an assistant commandant".He said the investigations into the killing are on."Investigations are on. Right now the UP Police, UP ATS, NIA, the DIG of NIA from Lucknow and his team all of them are there on the spot," he said.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.To a question, Swaroop said it is not clear whether Ahmed was part of the team in the Pathankot attack investigation case."Only NIA can tell whether he was involved in Pathankot attack investigation case," he said.