Aftab Ahmed Khan
Aftab Ahmed Khan | |
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Born | |
Died | 21 January 2022 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 81)
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | A. A. Khan |
Occupations | |
Employer | Indian Police Service |
Organization | Anti-Terrorism Squad |
Aftab Ahmed Khan (27 February 1940 — 21 January 2022) was a former Indian police officer (
Early life and background
His father A.S. Khan had been a noted Public Prosecutor in undivided Hyderabad State and then in Bombay State, practising at the Aurangabad Sessions Court and the High Court.
Career
An officer of the Indian Police Service, Khan was a Deputy Inspector General of Police in Maharashtra state in the 1980s. He shot into fame with the shootout at the Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri, in which seven gangsters including Maya Dolas and Dilip Buwa were killed in 1991.[2]
Khan was commissioned as an
In the mid-1990s, Khan sought to build on his media image by entering politics.[5] Initially expressing interest in joining the Samajwadi Party, he eventually went with the Janata Dal, with whom he stood for elections in the Mumbai North-west constituency in 1998. However, he was unsuccessful.[6]
Later life and death
Khan later helped to run a private security agency that he set up in 1996, along with his son.[7] Following a bout of COVID-19, he died of pneumonia in Mumbai on 21 January 2022, at the age of 81.[6][8][9]
In popular culture
In 2007, producer
References
- ^ "The Anti-Terrorism Squad: Unsung Heroes Of Indian Counter-Terrorism". www.mensxp.com. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Rahman, M. (5 September 2013) [15 December 1991]. "Meet Aftab Ahmed Khan, the cop who leads from the front". India Today. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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S Hussain Zaidi (5 February 1998). ""Mr Controversy" seeks a clean ticket". Indian Express. Archived from the originalon 4 June 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
- ^ "The Dirty Harrys of Mumbai are a vanishing breed". Deccan Herald. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ Dixit, Nikhil (9 February 2014). "Politics is no easy task for police officers". DNA India. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Aftab Ahmed Khan, IPS officer credited with starting ATS in Maharashtra, passes away at 81". The Indian Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Syed Firdaus Ashraf (22 May 2007). "Meet the man behind the Lokhandwala shootout". rediff.com. Retrieved 24 May 2007.
- ^ "Encounter specialist AA Khan passes away at 81". Hindustan Times. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Ex-IPS Officer A A Khan, Who Founded Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad, Dies". PTI. Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via NDTV.
- ^ Manuel, Mark (16 May 2007). "Killer Khan!". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
External links
- Aftab Ahmed Khan at IMDb