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  1. Feb 10, 2021 · 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...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Shahid_AzmiShahid Azmi - Wikipedia

    Shahid Azmi (1977 – 11 February 2010) was an Indian lawyer and human rights activist. Azmi was accused of crime at a young age; in 1992, aged 15, he was arrested for violence during the 1992 Bombay riots. Let off lightly as a juvenile, and due to lack of any proper evidence against him.

  3. Feb 10, 2023 · Azmi, known for representing clients he believed to be falsely implicated in terror cases, was shot dead at his office in suburban Mumbai in 2010

  4. Feb 10, 2018 · Shahid Azmi was shot dead on February 11, 2010 and eight years, and at least 12 court transfers later, the trial of the four men accused of murdering him is yet to begin. While two of the accused - Vinod Vichare and Pintu Dhagle – have been granted bail, two others - Devendra Jagtap and Hasmukh Solanki - continue to be behind bars.

  5. May 27, 2021 · On 11 February, 2010, he was shot dead at his office in Kurla, a Mumbai suburb. It has been nine years since advocate Azmi was shot dead. Firstpost spoke with Shahid’s brother, advocate Khalid Azmi at the Second Memorial Lecture organised in the memory of Shahid Azmi at the Marathi Patrakar Sangh. Edited excerpts: Advertisement.

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  6. Jul 22, 2022 · Khalid Azmi’s office in Taximens Colony, Kurla, Mumbai | Apoorva Mandhani/ThePrint. In the twelve years since Shahid’s murder, the case has come up for hearing 372 times and judges have been changed a dozen times. Only about a dozen witnesses have been heard out of 109.

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  8. Mar 9, 2016 · Khalid Azmi, the brother of slain advocate Shahid Azmi, was threatened of being killed like his brother late on Tuesday night just outside the Kurla police station. Shahid, known for defending those accused in terror cases, was shot dead outside his office in Kurla in February 2010.