Meerut: A man identifying himself as Rahul Singh from Jharkhand claimed responsibility for the murder of Mohammad Sharif , 65, an accused in the 2007 Rampur CRPF camp attack case who was released from prison last year after securing relief from Supreme Court . In a social media post that surfaced after the killing, the man claimed he had avenged the deaths of seven CRPF personnel, accused courts of failing to deliver justice and threatened others linked to the case. Police, however, had neither verified the post’s authenticity nor established any connection between its author and the murder.
Sharif was shot dead about 300 metres from Khajuria police station in Rampur while returning home after reporting for police verification. In the social media post, the man claimed that courts had failed to deliver justice to the families of the seven CRPF personnel killed in the 2007 attack and that he had taken matters into his own hands. Even after 24 hours of the incident, no FIR in the matter has been filed so far.
His brother, Naeem Khan, said Sharif had been released in Nov 2025 after SC granted him relief due to lack of evidence.
Claiming to have “done justice” by killing Sharif outside Khajuria police station, he warned others allegedly involved in the attack to “get ready” and threatened that a “friend’s” turn would come soon. The case will be solved soon,” Singh said. Gulab Khan, who had been accused of supplying weapons and ammunition for the assault before being acquitted by a Rampur sessions court, told TOI that he feared for his safety. “Police still call us for verification any time, which traumatises me,” Khan said. Whatever sin one commits has to be answered for here itself,” the family member told TOI.
His family demanded the immediate arrest of the killers and a thorough investigation into the motive. Rampur police formed six teams, including a special operations group (SOG) and surveillance units, to track down the attackers. “Various angles are being probed. CCTV footage is being scanned and other evidence is being collected. The killing and subsequent threat also raised concerns among others who had faced prosecution in the CRPF attack case. He added that the social media threat had heightened his fears. A family member of one of the CRPF personnel killed in the attack expressed a different reaction to Sharif’s death. “The court failed to give us justice, but God did.
Since then, police had periodically summoned him for verification. SP Anurag Singh said on Wednesday morning that the teams had been investigating the killing since the previous night.