Vikar Ahmed

Vikar Ahmed also known as Vikaruddin is an activist of the Darsgah Jihad-o-Shahadath, an affiliate of the Islamic extremist group Students Islamic Movement of India and also linked to Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami. He is a suspect in the Mecca Masjid bombing. He was absconding from Andhra Pradesh police but was caught in July 2010. He was involved in deadly attacks on Hyderabad police in both 2008 and 2010. Vikaruddin along with four other suspected SIMI activists were killed in an encounter near Alair in Nalgonda district of Telangana on April 7, 2015 while on their way to Hyderabad Court from Warangal Jail. The five men were killed when one of them attempted to overpower the security personnel escorting them and snatch a weapon in a bid to escape.