Remembering Shahid Azmi, a life lost to valiant cause
From choosing to join a terror outfit, to being wrongly imprisoned under the anti-terrorism law, to becoming a champion of human rights, Shahid Azmi has left us a truly inspiring journey.
By Rasti Amena| Published: 11th February 2021 5:05 pm IST Shahid Azmi was also known as crusader of justice (Twitter)
Mumbai: Ten years ago today, a low-profile 33-year-old advocate Shahid Azmi, who fought for the people wrongly imprisoned under anti-terrorism law, was killed in Mumbai. He was shot by a group of gangsters at his office, who claimed that he was fighting the cases of terror accused.
Eleven years since advocate Shahid Azmi was killed
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Only three out of 107 witnesses have been examined and cross-examined so far.
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Only three out of 107 witnesses have been examined and cross-examined so far.
It has been 11 years since advocate Shahid Azmi was killed in his office for representing clients he believed to be falsely implicated in terror crimes. However, only three witnesses out of 107 have been examined and cross-examined in his own murder trial.
On February 11, 2010, Azmi was home at around 8 p.m. when his office boy told him that some clients were waiting for him at his office. Upon reaching his office, he saw two men waiting inside his cabin and two others waiting in the outside area. Azmi called the other two in and they shot him. The office boy immediately ran and called his mother to the office. She, along with others, took Azmi to a hospital where he was declared “brought dead”.