Mohammad Sharif: Sharif Khan, a 65-year-old man who was released from jail in November 2025 after getting relief from the Supreme Court in the 2007 CRPF camp attack case in Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), was shot dead by unknown assailants on Tuesday (November 10, 2026), just 300 meters from Khajuria police station in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh. This attack happened when he had just left for home after completing the police verification process. The attackers fled from the spot while the motive behind the murder is not yet clear.
It is alleged that Sharif Khan was one of the accused in the attack on CRPF Group Center in Rampur on December 31, 2007, in which 7 CRPF jawans and a rickshaw puller were killed. His family said he spent several years in jail before getting relief from the Supreme Court due to lack of evidence. Sharif’s brother Naeem Khan told The Times of India that his brother was living with the family after his release in November 2025. After his release, the police was verifying him from time to time and under this process he was regularly called to Khajuria Police Station.
On Monday also, Sharif had gone to the police station for the same purpose. While returning home on Tuesday, he had just reached 300 meters away when unknown assailants stopped him and started firing. The attackers fled from there immediately after the firing. As soon as news of the attack was received, family members reached the spot and tried to save him, but he died due to his injuries. The family said that a detailed investigation should be done. Naeem Khan said that the family had no idea that there was any danger to Sharif’s life. After spending many years in jail, he was living a normal life with his family and his relatives had no expectation of such an attack. Especially so close to the police station, there was no possibility of an attack.
The family has demanded immediate arrest of the attackers and a detailed investigation to find out the motive behind the murder. Police have not yet been able to determine whether the murder is related to Sharif’s past involvement in the CRPF attack case or is the result of some other dispute. Who was Sharif Khan: Sharif Khan was also known by many other names like Suhail, Sajid, Anwar and Ali. He was a resident of Rampur. He was involved in the terrorist attack on the CRPF Group Center located in the district on the night of 31 December 2007 and 1 January 2008.
Seven CRPF personnel and a rickshaw puller lost their lives in the attack, while five others were injured. Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had taken responsibility for this attack. Sharif was also among those arrested and prosecuted in this case. Let us tell you here that the attack on CRPF Group Center on the night of 31 December 2007 had attracted the attention of the entire country because 8 people including seven CRPF jawans had lost their lives. Later Sharif was made an accused in this case and remained in jail for several years, after which he was released after getting relief from the Supreme Court. The media tried to contact Rampur SP Anil Kumar Singh for information about the murder and investigation, but he was not available for comment.