1. Shahid Azmi was an Indian lawyer and human rights activist.
11 Facts About Shahid Azmi
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Shahid Azmi was shot dead by four assailants in his office in Kurla, Mumbai on 11 February 2010 at the age of 32.
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Shahid Azmi was the nephew of Abu Asim Azmi, a Samajwadi Party politician and Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Govandi constituency in Mumbai.
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Shahid Azmi was born and brought up in the Deonar suburb of Mumbai, in a Muslim family with origins in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
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One of his brothers, Khalid Shahid Azmi, is an advocate in Mumbai.
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Shahid Azmi was married to Maryam of an affluent Assamese descendant whom he later divorced.
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At age 14, Shahid Azmi was arrested by Mumbai police for indulging in violence during the 1992 Mumbai communal riots.
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Shahid Azmi was killed on 11 February 2010 in his office at Taxi Men colony in Kurla, when four gunmen entered his office and shot two bullets, point blank and fled.
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Shahid Azmi further accused the Intelligence Bureau of perpetrating the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, which are otherwise believed to be the work of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Students Islamic Movement of India.
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The film has a scene in which Mr Shahid Azmi's face is blackened by assailants outside the court room.
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Furthermore, several petitions filed by Shahid Azmi were combined into a single case for dramatic effect in the film.