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LUCKNOW: Jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s aide Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Sanjeev Jeeva used to be shot useless in police custody by way of unknown assailants at the premises of a courtroom in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Jeeva, who’s serving a existence imprisonment in Barabanki prison, used to be shot useless by way of unknown assailants dressed as legal professionals. The incident happened when he delivered to the courtroom for a listening to on an try to homicide case from 2015.
As in step with the eyewitnesses, 4 assailants fired round 5 to six rounds at Jeeva all through which an 18-month-old child woman on her mom’s lap and a police constable sustained harm from stray bullets fired all through the assassination bid.
“All over the shootout, an 18-month toddler, Laxmi, accompanying her folks and a police constable suffered bullet accidents. Their situation used to be mentioned to be solid,” stated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Aparna Rajat Kaushik.
Police nab an assailant who shot at Sanjeev Jeeva. (Picture | PTI)
Legal professionals on the crime scene stuck hang of one of the vital assailants and passed him over to the police. He used to be known as Vijay Yadav of Jaunpur. Then again, the opposite 3 shooters had fled the spot.
The capturing incident additionally sparked resentment some of the legal professionals who staged a protest in opposition to the state police, accusing it of failing to make sure regulation and order and beefing up stricter safety preparations.
A attorney alleged that the policemen escorting Jeeva had fled the scene when photographs had been fired at him and that they took it upon themselves to overpower one of the vital assailants.
An eyewitness stated, “as Jeeva used to be heading in opposition to the courtroom, a person in a attorney’s gown, status outdoor the court docket’s front, opened fireplace at him. Jeeva, who used to be hit by way of the bullet, ran in opposition to the court docket however slumped to the bottom.”
The incident comes hardly ever two months after gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf had been gunned down by way of 3 assailants whilst being taken in police custody to a medical institution for clinical exam in Prayagraj on April 15.
The state executive constituted a three-member Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) to probe Jeeva’s killing and safety lapses at the a part of police officers accompanying the gangster.
The SIT, which has been requested to finish the probe inside per week, might be headed by way of ADG (Technical) Mohit Agarwal, executive officers stated, including that different contributors of the workforce are IPS officer Neelabja Chowdhary and IG (Ayodhya vary) Praveen Kumar.
A existence convict with 24 circumstances to his identify
Jeeva, initially from Muzaffarnagar, had hyperlinks with a number of gangs and dedicated more than a few crimes over a span of 3 many years. Even if he began his adventure as a compounder at a dispensary, he made his access into the darkish alleys of crime by way of abducting the landlord of the dispensary. Therefore, he joined the Nazim gang of Haridwar, and later, the Satendra Barnala gang.
Sanjeev Jeeva. (Report Picture | ANI)
As in step with the police resources, Jeeva used to be one of the vital primary accused of the homicide of veteran BJP chief Brahma Dutt Dwivedi in Farrukhabad on February 10, 1997. A tribulation courtroom on July 17, 2003, convicted him for commissioning the killing of Dwivedi and his gunner and likewise committing a murderous attack on his motive force. The courtroom had sentenced Jeeva to existence imprisonment within the case.
He additionally labored carefully with gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s henchman Munna Bajrangi, and later, with Mukhtar Ansari himself as his primary shooter. He used to be an accused within the 2005 homicide of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in Ghazipur.
Consistent with UP Police, Jeeva, who used to be booked in Gangster Act 22 instances, had 24 circumstances registered in opposition to him in numerous police stations throughout Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Farrukhabad, Ghazipur, and Haridwar. His gang were all in favour of murders, loot, extortion, kidnapping, theft and dishonest. His assets price Rs 4 crore used to be additionally confiscated beneath provisions of the Gangster Act.
Jeeva’s spouse, Payal, had contested meeting elections in 2017 at the RLD price tag however misplaced. In 2021, Payal had written a letter to the then Leader Justice of India expressing worry for Jeeva’s existence.
‘Folks aren’t secure anyplace in UP’
In the meantime, opposition events have hit out on the executive over Wednesday’s incident. Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav at a press convention right here within the night stated that the regulation and order state of affairs within the state has worsened.
“It kind of feels that the BJP executive has given a unfastened hand to criminals who kill whomever they would like, anywhere they would like. Murders are going down in police custody, police station and courtroom. Folks aren’t secure anyplace in Uttar Pradesh,” stated the previous leader minister.
Bahujan Samaj Birthday celebration supremo Mayawati tweeted in Hindi, “The sensational capturing that ended in a homicide within the Lucknow courtroom premises is a large problem for the federal government with regards to regulation and order and crime regulate in UP. There may be panic some of the public because of such incidents. Executive will have to take strict steps, that is the call for of BSP.”
Killings outdoor courtrooms
Jeeva’s killing is simply one of the such incidents to happen outdoor a court docket within the state. Here is a checklist of distinguished Court docket killings in Uttar Pradesh since 2015
Would possibly 16, 2023: Two males accused of homicide had been shot at by way of two assailants once they had been delivered to a courtroom in Jaunpur.
Aug 17, 2022: A homicide accused, serving a jail time period in Faridabad prison in reference to some other case, used to be shot useless by way of 3 males on motorbikes outdoor the gate of the Hapur district courtroom.
Dec 17, 2019: A person accused of a double homicide used to be shot useless inside of a court docket in Bijnor when courtroom lawsuits had been underway.
June 13 2019: Chairperson of the UP Bar Council Darvesh Kumari Yadav (36) used to be shot useless by way of a colleague in her chamber at the courtroom premises in Agra.
Feb 16, 2015: A boy entered a Muzaffarnagar court docket and opened fireplace on an under-trial in entrance of a district pass judgement on.
(With further inputs from PTI)
LUCKNOW: Jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s aide Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Sanjeev Jeeva used to be shot useless in police custody by way of unknown assailants at the premises of a courtroom in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Jeeva, who’s serving a existence imprisonment in Barabanki prison, used to be shot useless by way of unknown assailants dressed as legal professionals. The incident happened when he delivered to the courtroom for a listening to on an try to homicide case from 2015.
As in step with the eyewitnesses, 4 assailants fired round 5 to six rounds at Jeeva all through which an 18-month-old child woman on her mom’s lap and a police constable sustained harm from stray bullets fired all through the assassination bid.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“All over the shootout, an 18-month toddler, Laxmi, accompanying her folks and a police constable suffered bullet accidents. Their situation used to be mentioned to be solid,” stated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Aparna Rajat Kaushik.
Police nab an assailant who shot at Sanjeev Jeeva. (Picture | PTI)Legal professionals on the crime scene stuck hang of one of the vital assailants and passed him over to the police. He used to be known as Vijay Yadav of Jaunpur. Then again, the opposite 3 shooters had fled the spot.
The capturing incident additionally sparked resentment some of the legal professionals who staged a protest in opposition to the state police, accusing it of failing to make sure regulation and order and beefing up stricter safety preparations.
A attorney alleged that the policemen escorting Jeeva had fled the scene when photographs had been fired at him and that they took it upon themselves to overpower one of the vital assailants.
An eyewitness stated, “as Jeeva used to be heading in opposition to the courtroom, a person in a attorney’s gown, status outdoor the court docket’s front, opened fireplace at him. Jeeva, who used to be hit by way of the bullet, ran in opposition to the court docket however slumped to the bottom.”
The incident comes hardly ever two months after gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf had been gunned down by way of 3 assailants whilst being taken in police custody to a medical institution for clinical exam in Prayagraj on April 15.
The state executive constituted a three-member Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) to probe Jeeva’s killing and safety lapses at the a part of police officers accompanying the gangster.
The SIT, which has been requested to finish the probe inside per week, might be headed by way of ADG (Technical) Mohit Agarwal, executive officers stated, including that different contributors of the workforce are IPS officer Neelabja Chowdhary and IG (Ayodhya vary) Praveen Kumar.
A existence convict with 24 circumstances to his identify
Jeeva, initially from Muzaffarnagar, had hyperlinks with a number of gangs and dedicated more than a few crimes over a span of 3 many years. Even if he began his adventure as a compounder at a dispensary, he made his access into the darkish alleys of crime by way of abducting the landlord of the dispensary. Therefore, he joined the Nazim gang of Haridwar, and later, the Satendra Barnala gang.
Sanjeev Jeeva. (Report Picture | ANI)As in step with the police resources, Jeeva used to be one of the vital primary accused of the homicide of veteran BJP chief Brahma Dutt Dwivedi in Farrukhabad on February 10, 1997. A tribulation courtroom on July 17, 2003, convicted him for commissioning the killing of Dwivedi and his gunner and likewise committing a murderous attack on his motive force. The courtroom had sentenced Jeeva to existence imprisonment within the case.
He additionally labored carefully with gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s henchman Munna Bajrangi, and later, with Mukhtar Ansari himself as his primary shooter. He used to be an accused within the 2005 homicide of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in Ghazipur.
Consistent with UP Police, Jeeva, who used to be booked in Gangster Act 22 instances, had 24 circumstances registered in opposition to him in numerous police stations throughout Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Farrukhabad, Ghazipur, and Haridwar. His gang were all in favour of murders, loot, extortion, kidnapping, theft and dishonest. His assets price Rs 4 crore used to be additionally confiscated beneath provisions of the Gangster Act.
Jeeva’s spouse, Payal, had contested meeting elections in 2017 at the RLD price tag however misplaced. In 2021, Payal had written a letter to the then Leader Justice of India expressing worry for Jeeva’s existence.
‘Folks aren’t secure anyplace in UP’
In the meantime, opposition events have hit out on the executive over Wednesday’s incident. Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav at a press convention right here within the night stated that the regulation and order state of affairs within the state has worsened.
“It kind of feels that the BJP executive has given a unfastened hand to criminals who kill whomever they would like, anywhere they would like. Murders are going down in police custody, police station and courtroom. Folks aren’t secure anyplace in Uttar Pradesh,” stated the previous leader minister.
Bahujan Samaj Birthday celebration supremo Mayawati tweeted in Hindi, “The sensational capturing that ended in a homicide within the Lucknow courtroom premises is a large problem for the federal government with regards to regulation and order and crime regulate in UP. There may be panic some of the public because of such incidents. Executive will have to take strict steps, that is the call for of BSP.”
Killings outdoor courtrooms
Jeeva’s killing is simply one of the such incidents to happen outdoor a court docket within the state. Here is a checklist of distinguished Court docket killings in Uttar Pradesh since 2015
Would possibly 16, 2023: Two males accused of homicide had been shot at by way of two assailants once they had been delivered to a courtroom in Jaunpur.
Aug 17, 2022: A homicide accused, serving a jail time period in Faridabad prison in reference to some other case, used to be shot useless by way of 3 males on motorbikes outdoor the gate of the Hapur district courtroom.
Dec 17, 2019: A person accused of a double homicide used to be shot useless inside of a court docket in Bijnor when courtroom lawsuits had been underway.
June 13 2019: Chairperson of the UP Bar Council Darvesh Kumari Yadav (36) used to be shot useless by way of a colleague in her chamber at the courtroom premises in Agra.
Feb 16, 2015: A boy entered a Muzaffarnagar court docket and opened fireplace on an under-trial in entrance of a district pass judgement on.
(With further inputs from PTI)
