Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmad has died during treatment at AIIMS in New Delhi on Saturday. He was convicted in the 2008 Batla House encounter case for murdering Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and assaulting other officers.
A resident of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, Shehzad Ahmed alias Pappu (33) was shifted to Tihar Jail on February 6, 2010. He was transferred to central jail number 15 in Mandoli on July 7, 2022, from central jail number 8/9 in Tihar, they said. He was serving life sentence in the 2008.
He was held of guilty causing the death of Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and attempting to cause death of Head Constables Balwant Singh and Rajbir Singh by firing at them. Inspector Sharma was leading the police team during the Batla House encounter when he was shot and killed during the encounter. Shahzad was also found guilty of assaulting police officers and obstructing them from doing their duty. Shahzad was convict and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Batla House encounter case of September 19, 2008.