Four assailants barged into his office in Taxi Men colony in Kurla and shot two bullets into him at point blank range, the police said.
He was rushed to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar where he was declared dead. The assailants fled from the scene after the incident.
Shahid, who was nephew of Samajwadi Party leader and Govandi MLA Abu Asim Azmi, had also appeared as defence counsel for the accused in July 11 Mumbai local train blasts.
In the past, he has represented those accused in the Ghatkopar and Mulund blasts. The police confirmed that the Chhota Shakeel gang had tried to kill him a few years ago.
Ansari was arrested in Uttar Pradesh in February, 2008. Maps marked with important buildings in Mumbai were found with him. He was brought from a UP jail to Mumbai in December that year, after the 26/11 attacks.
