A lawyer was found shot dead at the third floor of a district court in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, leading to panic in the court premises.
According to local reports, Advocate Bhupendra Singh had gone to the record room of AJCM office, located on the third floor of the court for some work. At around 1145 hrs, a gun shot was heard. On reaching the record room, the lawyers found Bhupendra lying in a pool of blood.
Shahjahanpur Superintendent of Police P S Anand said that initial investigation revealed that Bhupendra was alone in the record room. There was no one around him. He died of bullet injuries and a country-made pistol was found nearby. A forensic team has been called on the spot. Further action will be taken based on investigation in the matter, he added.
Lawyers from the court have expressed strong resentment over the incident and also questioned the security aspect at the premises leading to such incidents. In 2019, Counsel of the Uttar Pradesh government Nutan Yadav was shot dead at her official residence in Etah.