NIA officer’s ‘killer’ shot cops at whim

NEW DELHI: Two men arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police, for their alleged involvement in the killing of National Investigation Agency (NIA) DSP Tanzil Ahmed and

NEW DELHI: Two men arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police, for their alleged involvement in the killing of National Investigation Agency (NIA) DSP Tanzil Ahmed and another firing case, on Tuesday shocked interrogators by revealing their involvement in a series of other murders.

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Munir and Ashutosh Mishra, who were brought to Delhi for interrogation by Delhi police in a 2014 cash van heist case, told interrogators that they had murdered many other people, including three constables.

The duo claimed they did not exactly remember how many people they had killed but gave the police the names of at least 10 victims. Between 2014 and 2015, they claimed to have shot at least five bikers just because they liked their bikes and ‘wanted them badly.’

Munir and Ashutosh had been brought to Delhi for questioning in a Rs 1.5-crore cash van heist in 2014, in which a security guard was shot dead. According to sources, the duo said killing cops had become their hobby.

If they wanted to rob a cash van, they would first kill the security guard. “They did not plan. They knew that pulling the trigger would be enough,” said an officer.