Bareilly: Three weeks after firing inside a court in Delhi’s Rohini, gunshots were heard in the record room of a sessions court in UP’s Shahjahanpur on Monday morning.
A retired school teacher, 55-year-old Bhupendra Pratap Singh, who was practicing as a lawyer since 2019, was shot dead allegedly by his rival, a lawyer. Attacker, Suresh GuptaAfter the attack, he fled leaving the country-made pistol.
the police scan CCTV footage and zeroes in on Gupta later in the day. shirt stained with blood Guilty Police sources said that was one of the other evidence seized. Police said, Singh had a “rivalry with the lawyer”, and added that they have taken the latter into custody for questioning.
After the incident, there has been anger among advocates across the state and protests were held in most of the districts. The protesting lawyers claimed that the incident happened due to the negligence of the police.
Inspector General, Bareilly Category, Ramit Sharma He said, “We have come to know that the victim and her rival had filed more than two dozen cases against each other in the court. We questioned Gupta and he has confessed to the murder. Three policemen have been suspended.
The police have registered an FIR against Gupta and his two sons under sections 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) on the complaint of the victim’s relatives. However, the police did not find any evidence linking Suresh’s sons with the murder.
A retired school teacher, 55-year-old Bhupendra Pratap Singh, who was practicing as a lawyer since 2019, was shot dead allegedly by his rival, a lawyer. Attacker, Suresh GuptaAfter the attack, he fled leaving the country-made pistol.
the police scan CCTV footage and zeroes in on Gupta later in the day. shirt stained with blood Guilty Police sources said that was one of the other evidence seized. Police said, Singh had a “rivalry with the lawyer”, and added that they have taken the latter into custody for questioning.
After the incident, there has been anger among advocates across the state and protests were held in most of the districts. The protesting lawyers claimed that the incident happened due to the negligence of the police.
Inspector General, Bareilly Category, Ramit Sharma He said, “We have come to know that the victim and her rival had filed more than two dozen cases against each other in the court. We questioned Gupta and he has confessed to the murder. Three policemen have been suspended.
The police have registered an FIR against Gupta and his two sons under sections 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) on the complaint of the victim’s relatives. However, the police did not find any evidence linking Suresh’s sons with the murder.
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