An advocate named Aftab Ahmed orchestrated the murder of a girl's father but due to mistaken identity, contract killers shot an auto driver, Mohammad Rizwan, in Lucknow. The police solved the case in 13 days, arresting both shooters and Aftab. Ahmed's motive was to enable meetings with his girlfriend post her father's death.
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