1977 - 2010
Shahid Azmi Indian Activist
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Details
| Birthday |
30th November, 1976
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| Birthplace |
Mumbai
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| Died |
11th February, 2010
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| Place of Death |
Mumbai
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| Nationality |
Indian
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| Occupation Text |
Lawyer Human rights activists
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Shahid Azmi (1977 – 11 February 2010) was an Indian lawyer best known for defending cases of persons accused of terrorism. Azmi was accused of crime at a young age; in 1992, aged 15, he was arrested for violence during the 1992 Bombay riots. Let off lightly as a juvenile, and due to lack of any proper evidence against him. As a young adult, he was again arrested, this time under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, for plotting against the state. He spent seven years in Delhi's Tihar Jail. In jail, he was encouraged to resume his education, and by the time he was released, he had taken a degree in law. In 2003, he began practising as a criminal defense lawyer in Mumbai, where his uncle, Abu Azmi, was a prominent politician. The cases handled by him were almost exclusively of defending cases for those accused of terrorism. He was shot dead by four assailants in his office in Kurla, Mumbai on 11 February 2010 at the age of 32.
