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Mohammed Tanzil: NIA officer probing Pathankot attack dies after being shot at 21 times

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 14 February 2017, 6:07 IST

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammad Tanzil and his wife were shot at late last night by unidentified gunmen in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh. Tanzil was also a part of the team probing the 2 January terror attack on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot.

Tanzil and his wife were returning from a wedding when this incident took place. "He was attending his niece's marriage. He was with his wife and two children. Two bike-borne assailants shot fire at them. They were referred to the Cosmos hospital," Station House Officer Rajkumar told ANI.

Meanwhile, the NIA team of Delhi has reached the Moradabad hospital where body of the NIA official is kept.

The police have started its probe to ascertain the exact reason behind the attack.

-ANI

First published: 3 April 2016, 9:46 IST