Another killing in UP’s jungle raj: Mukhtar Ansari’s gang member shot useless in Lucknow courtroom

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LUCKNOW: Jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s aide Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Sanjeev Jeeva was shot useless in police custody by unknown assailants on the premises of a courtroom in Lucknow on Wednesday.

Jeeva, who’s serving a life imprisonment in Barabanki jail, was shot useless by unknown assailants dressed as legal professionals. The incident befell when he dropped at the courtroom for a listening to on an try and homicide case from 2015. 

As per the eyewitnesses, 4 assailants fired round 5 to six rounds at Jeeva throughout which an 18-month-old child woman on her mom’s lap and a police constable sustained harm from stray bullets fired in the course of the assassination bid.

“During the shootout, an 18-month infant, Laxmi, accompanying her parents and a police constable suffered bullet injuries. Their condition was stated to be stable,” stated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Aparna Rajat Kaushik.

 Police nab an assailant who shot at Sanjeev Jeeva. (Photo | PTI)

Lawyers on the crime scene caught maintain of one of many assailants and handed him over to the police. He was recognized as Vijay Yadav of Jaunpur. However, the opposite three shooters had fled the spot.

The taking pictures incident additionally sparked resentment among the many 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 lawyer alleged that the policemen escorting Jeeva had fled the scene when photographs have been fired at him and that they took it upon themselves to overpower one of many assailants.

An eyewitness stated, “as Jeeva was heading towards the court, a man in a lawyer’s robe, standing outside the courtroom’s entrance, opened fire at him. Jeeva, who was hit by the bullet, ran towards the courtroom but slumped to the ground.”

The incident comes hardly two months after gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf have been gunned down by three assailants whereas being taken in police custody to a hospital for medical examination in Prayagraj on April 15.

The state authorities constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe Jeeva’s killing and safety lapses on the a part of cops accompanying the gangster. 

The SIT, which has been requested to finish the probe inside per week, can be headed by ADG (Technical) Mohit Agarwal, authorities officers stated, including that different members of the group are IPS officer Neelabja Chowdhary and IG (Ayodhya vary) Praveen Kumar.

A life convict with 24 instances to his identify

Jeeva, initially from Muzaffarnagar, had hyperlinks with a number of gangs and dedicated numerous crimes over a span of three many years. Although he began his journey as a compounder at a dispensary, he made his entry into the darkish alleys of crime by abducting the proprietor of the dispensary. Subsequently, he joined the Nazim gang of Haridwar, and later, the Satendra Barnala gang.

Sanjeev Jeeva. (File Photo | ANI)

As per the police sources, Jeeva was one of many primary accused of the homicide of veteran BJP chief Brahma Dutt Dwivedi in Farrukhabad on February 10, 1997. A trial courtroom on July 17, 2003, convicted him for commissioning the killing of Dwivedi and his gunner and in addition committing a murderous assault on his driver. The courtroom had sentenced Jeeva to life 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 was an accused within the 2005 homicide of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in Ghazipur.

According to UP Police, Jeeva, who was booked in Gangster Act 22 occasions, had  24 instances registered in opposition to him in numerous police stations throughout Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Farrukhabad, Ghazipur, and Haridwar. His gang had been concerned in murders, loot, extortion, kidnapping, theft and dishonest. His property value Rs 4 crore was additionally confiscated beneath provisions of the Gangster Act.

Jeeva’s spouse, Payal, had contested meeting elections in 2017 on the RLD ticket however misplaced. In 2021, Payal had written a letter to the then Chief Justice of India expressing concern for Jeeva’s life.

‘People aren’t secure wherever in UP’

Meanwhile, opposition events have hit out on the authorities over Wednesday’s incident. Samajwadi Party chief 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 seems that the BJP government has given a free hand to criminals who kill whomever they want, wherever they want. Murders are happening in police custody, police station and court. People are not safe anywhere in Uttar Pradesh,” stated the previous chief minister.

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati tweeted in Hindi, “The sensational shooting that resulted in a murder inside the Lucknow court premises is a big challenge for the government in terms of law and order and crime control in UP. There is panic among the public due to such incidents. Government should take strict steps, this is the demand of BSP.”

Killings exterior courtrooms

Jeeva’s killing is only one of many such incidents to happen exterior a courtroom within the state. Here’s an inventory of distinguished Court killings in Uttar Pradesh since 2015

May 16, 2023: Two males accused of homicide have been shot at by two assailants after they have been dropped at a courtroom in Jaunpur.

Aug 17, 2022: A homicide accused, serving a jail time period in Faridabad jail in reference to one other case, was shot useless by three males on motorbikes exterior the gate of the Hapur district courtroom.

Dec 17, 2019: A person accused of a double homicide was shot useless inside a courtroom in Bijnor when courtroom proceedings have been underway.

June 13 2019: Chairperson of the UP Bar Council Darvesh Kumari Yadav (36) was shot useless by a colleague in her chamber on the courtroom premises in Agra. 

Feb 16, 2015: A boy entered a Muzaffarnagar courtroom and opened fireplace on an under-trial in entrance of a district decide. 

(With further inputs from PTI) 

LUCKNOW: Jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s aide Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Sanjeev Jeeva was shot useless in police custody by unknown assailants on the premises of a courtroom in Lucknow on Wednesday.

Jeeva, who’s serving a life imprisonment in Barabanki jail, was shot useless by unknown assailants dressed as legal professionals. The incident befell when he dropped at the courtroom for a listening to on an try and homicide case from 2015. 

As per the eyewitnesses, 4 assailants fired round 5 to six rounds at Jeeva throughout which an 18-month-old child woman on her mom’s lap and a police constable sustained harm from stray bullets fired in the course of the assassination bid.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“During the shootout, an 18-month infant, Laxmi, accompanying her parents and a police constable suffered bullet injuries. Their condition was stated to be stable,” stated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Aparna Rajat Kaushik.

 Police nab an assailant who shot at Sanjeev Jeeva. (Photo | PTI)Lawyers on the crime scene caught maintain of one of many assailants and handed him over to the police. He was recognized as Vijay Yadav of Jaunpur. However, the opposite three shooters had fled the spot.

The taking pictures incident additionally sparked resentment among the many 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 lawyer alleged that the policemen escorting Jeeva had fled the scene when photographs have been fired at him and that they took it upon themselves to overpower one of many assailants.

An eyewitness stated, “as Jeeva was heading towards the court, a man in a lawyer’s robe, standing outside the courtroom’s entrance, opened fire at him. Jeeva, who was hit by the bullet, ran towards the courtroom but slumped to the ground.”

The incident comes hardly two months after gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf have been gunned down by three assailants whereas being taken in police custody to a hospital for medical examination in Prayagraj on April 15.

The state authorities constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe Jeeva’s killing and safety lapses on the a part of cops accompanying the gangster. 

The SIT, which has been requested to finish the probe inside per week, can be headed by ADG (Technical) Mohit Agarwal, authorities officers stated, including that different members of the group are IPS officer Neelabja Chowdhary and IG (Ayodhya vary) Praveen Kumar.

A life convict with 24 instances to his identify

Jeeva, initially from Muzaffarnagar, had hyperlinks with a number of gangs and dedicated numerous crimes over a span of three many years. Although he began his journey as a compounder at a dispensary, he made his entry into the darkish alleys of crime by abducting the proprietor of the dispensary. Subsequently, he joined the Nazim gang of Haridwar, and later, the Satendra Barnala gang.

Sanjeev Jeeva. (File Photo | ANI)As per the police sources, Jeeva was one of many primary accused of the homicide of veteran BJP chief Brahma Dutt Dwivedi in Farrukhabad on February 10, 1997. A trial courtroom on July 17, 2003, convicted him for commissioning the killing of Dwivedi and his gunner and in addition committing a murderous assault on his driver. The courtroom had sentenced Jeeva to life 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 was an accused within the 2005 homicide of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in Ghazipur.

According to UP Police, Jeeva, who was booked in Gangster Act 22 occasions, had  24 instances registered in opposition to him in numerous police stations throughout Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Farrukhabad, Ghazipur, and Haridwar. His gang had been concerned in murders, loot, extortion, kidnapping, theft and dishonest. His property value Rs 4 crore was additionally confiscated beneath provisions of the Gangster Act.

Jeeva’s spouse, Payal, had contested meeting elections in 2017 on the RLD ticket however misplaced. In 2021, Payal had written a letter to the then Chief Justice of India expressing concern for Jeeva’s life.

‘People aren’t secure wherever in UP’

Meanwhile, opposition events have hit out on the authorities over Wednesday’s incident. Samajwadi Party chief 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 seems that the BJP government has given a free hand to criminals who kill whomever they want, wherever they want. Murders are happening in police custody, police station and court. People are not safe anywhere in Uttar Pradesh,” stated the previous chief minister.

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati tweeted in Hindi, “The sensational shooting that resulted in a murder inside the Lucknow court premises is a big challenge for the government in terms of law and order and crime control in UP. There is panic among the public due to such incidents. Government should take strict steps, this is the demand of BSP.”

Killings exterior courtrooms

Jeeva’s killing is only one of many such incidents to happen exterior a courtroom within the state. Here’s an inventory of distinguished Court killings in Uttar Pradesh since 2015

May 16, 2023: Two males accused of homicide have been shot at by two assailants after they have been dropped at a courtroom in Jaunpur.

Aug 17, 2022: A homicide accused, serving a jail time period in Faridabad jail in reference to one other case, was shot useless by three males on motorbikes exterior the gate of the Hapur district courtroom.

Dec 17, 2019: A person accused of a double homicide was shot useless inside a courtroom in Bijnor when courtroom proceedings have been underway.

June 13 2019: Chairperson of the UP Bar Council Darvesh Kumari Yadav (36) was shot useless by a colleague in her chamber on the courtroom premises in Agra. 

Feb 16, 2015: A boy entered a Muzaffarnagar courtroom and opened fireplace on an under-trial in entrance of a district decide. 

(With further inputs from PTI)