2008 CRPF camp attack convict shot dead in UP

An unknown gunman shot dead Mohammad Sharif, an accused in the 2008 CRPF camp attack, in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. Witnesses reported that he was shot 16 times. The police have launched a manhunt for the shooter. Sharif was convicted in 2019 for his involvement in the attack that killed seven CRPF personnel and a rickshaw puller. He was sentenced to death, but the Allahabad High Court later overturned the death sentences while upholding his conviction under the Arms Act, sentencing him to ten years in prison. The attack was orchestrated by Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Sharif had been released from Bareilly central jail last November. The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death and the identity of the gunman.