Lucknow, Jun 7 (IANS): A miscreant, in the guise of a lawyer, opened fire at criminal Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva who had come to the SC/ST court for a hearing.
The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon.
Jeeva, a dreaded shooter, received multiple injuries in the shootout and then succumbed to injuries.
The accused miscreant has been overpowered and handed over to the police.
Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva was a co-accused in BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder, in which Mukhtar Ansari is also an accused.
He began as a compounder and then became a member of the underworld. He was a close associate of Munna Bajrangi who was shot dead in 2018 in Baghpat jail.