Shehzad Ahmed, the terrorist convicted in the Batla House encounter case, died on Saturday at AIIMS hospital during pancreatitis treatment.
Officials said, "The convict was admitted to GTB hospital on December 8, 2022, for diagnosis of gallbladder stone-induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis with modified CTSI and referred to Safdarjung hospital on December 27."
Thereafter, he was referred to AIIMS hospital on January 11. On Saturday, the authorities informed that Ahmed has died at AIIMS hospital at 7.42 am, the officials added.
Shehzad was serving life sentence in the Batla House encounter case. He was also facing trial in six other cases. He was a member of terrorist group Indian Mujahideen (IM), which was behind a wave of lethal bomb blasts across India in 2000s.
Who was Shehzad Ahmed?
Shehzad Ahmed was an Indian Mujahideen terrorist who was serving a life sentence in the Batla House encounter case. He was also called Pappu.
Ahmed was resident of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. He was 33.
Ahmed was admitted in 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, said officials to PTI.
Ahmed was facing trials in six other cases, one of which was registered in Bengaluru, according to officials.
What's Batla House encounter?
Batla House encounter refers to a gunfight between Delhi Police Special Cell personnel and Indian Muhajideen terrorists in Delhi's Jamia Nagar.
On September 19, 2008, a team led by Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma raided a flat numbered L-18 in Batla House in Jamia Nagar. The raid came days after bomb blasts in Delhi that killed 39 and injured 159. There were five IM terrorists in the house who opened fire at the police personnel.
In the encounter, Sharma and two terrorists —Mohd Atif Ameen and Mohd Sajid— were killed. One terrorist —Mohd Saif— was arrested and two others —Shahzad Ahmad and Ariz Khan— managed to escape. Shahzad was captured later and tried and convicted.
(With PTI inputs)
