Slain advocate Shahid Azmi’s family held Mumbai police responsible for his killing, even as the police are yet to make a breakthrough in his murder. “Since 2007, my brother had been getting threatening calls, and in 2008 he again reminded the police that somebody was following him. Our only contention is that why did the police remove his security cover?” lamented Azmi’s brother. The family alleged the role of some central agencies as Azmi was instrumental in fighting many terror-related cases including defending Fahim Ansari who was accused of supplying target maps to 26/11 perpetrators.
“My brother had told us once that he knew the consequences he would have to face because he was fighting against the system which had falsely implicated innocent persons in the blast cases,” Azmi’s elder brother lamented.