Police personnel deployed outside Lucknow High Court after gangster Sanjeev Jeeva (inset) was shot dead on the court premises, in Lucknow, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. PTI
Lucknow, June 7
Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s alleged aide Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva was shot dead on Lucknow court premises on Wednesday, police said.
According to eyewitnesses, the assailant was dressed like a lawyer.
“Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva, who was held in Lucknow jail, was brought to the court for hearing in a case and was shot dead by an unknown assailant,” said Lucknow Police Commissioner S B Shiradkar who reached the court premises shortly after the incident.
Jeeva was an accused in the murder of a BJP leader.
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