Lawyer shot dead inside the court in Shahjahanpur of UP

New Delhi, October 19

A lawyer was allegedly shot dead inside a district court in Shahjahanpur of Uttar Pradesh leaving many in the court premises shocked.

The deceased lawyer has been identified as Advocate Bhupendra Pratap Singh. A countrymade pistol was also recovered from near his body.

The accused is also an advocate. 

According to the police, advocate Bhupendra Singh of Jalalabad tehsil had gone to a third-floor office in the district court to meet a clerk in connection with some case when a gunshot was heard and he was found dead. 

UP ADG (L&O) Prashant Kumar stated the case has been solved on basis of CCTV footage. The accused advocate was held who is under interrogation. 

The police said that prima facie the case is of personal enmity. 

The Shahjahanpur police deployed high number of policemen to pacify the situation following the attack that took place on the third floor of the court complex. Several lawyers, speaking to the media on the site, termed the incident as a huge lapse in security.

The police added that the forensics team has collected the evidence from the spot. A three panel doctor will do the post-mortem of the deceased.