Love triangle murderer gets 25 years to life
A killer who spent seven years on the run has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the Aug.14, 1999,shooting death of his first cousin in broad daylight on a street in Richmond Hill, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced Thursday. A Georgia resident, he was arrested there in 2006.
Tahir Naqvi, 50, of Columbus, Ga. was convicted in June of second-degree murder and second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. According to trial testimony, the victim, Irfan Naqvi, 29, was having an affair with the wife of the defendant. The defendant found out about the affair and waited for his rival outside his home in Richmond Hill on the afternoon of Aug. 14, 1999. Around that time when the victim left his house to go to a family wedding, he was accosted by the defendant, who fired two shots at him.
As the wounded man crawled on the ground, the defendant fired another shot. Finally, he dragged his victim onto the sidewalk, straddled his body, and shot him twice more, once in the shoulder and once in the head.
The entire incident was witnessed by a 14-year-old girl who was on her way to church. She later picked the defendant out of a photo lineup and testified against him at trial.
–– Lisa Fogarty
©Queens Chronicle 2010
