Pune, Renowned Criminal Lawyer Shrikant Shivade, who handled high-profile cases involving Bollywood the actors Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan And Shiney Ahuja, and the two accused in the 2G spectrum case, died at a private hospital in Maharashtra here on Wednesday due to prolonged illness, sources close to his family said. He was 67 years old.
He said that Advocate Shivade was diagnosed with Leukemia (Blood Cancer).
A law graduate from the Indian Law Society, Shivade represented actor Salman Khan and actor Shiney Ahuja in the 2002 hit-and-run case, which was booked in 2009 for a rape earlier in his career.
He had represented two accused in 2G spectrum cases and also appeared for Peter Mukerjea. Sheena Bora Murder case. He also represented the diamond merchant Bharat Shah,
The celebrity lawyer is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter and mother.
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