Aftab Ahmed Khan is a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, turned politician from Mumbai, India. He was noted for his encounter killings of gangsters from the Mumbai organized crime syndicates. He played the role of police commissioner Krishnamurthy in the 2007's film, Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007). Shootout at Lokhandwala, which was based on the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout led by Aftab Ahmed Khan. Aftab Ahmed Khan was also portrayed in the film as Additional Police Commissioner Shamsher Khan played by Sanjay Dutt.