Man acquitted in Rampur CRPF camp attack shot dead by two bike-borne men

Mohammad Sharif, who was acquitted by the High Court in the terror attack case on the CRPF Group Centre, was shot dead late on Tuesday evening. Two men on a motorcycle opened fire on him.

Sharif was a resident of Badanpuri village in the Khajuria police station area. At the time of the incident he was travelling somewhere with his son. Near Panwadiya village, two men on a motorcycle killed him.

The High Court had acquitted him about a year ago. Since then he had been living with his family in his village and marking his attendance daily at Khajuria police station.

The terror attack on the CRPF Group Centre in Rampur took place on the night of December 31, 2007. The attackers used AK-47 rifles and hand grenades. Seven CRPF personnel were killed. A rickshaw puller sleeping near the wall of the CRPF campus also died.

In 2019, a sessions court found Mohammad Sharif, Sabauddin, Imran Shahzad and Mohammad Farooq guilty and sentenced them to death. Jung Bahadur Khan, alias Baba, was given life imprisonment. Mohammad Kausar and Gulab Khan were acquitted by the court.

The convicts appealed to the High Court against the sentences. After hearing the appeals, the Allahabad High Court found the prosecution's case weak and set aside the sentences.