Lawyer shot on Basti court campus

Varanasi | Friday | 1st March, 2019

Summary:

Gorakhpur: A lawyer was shot dead in the district court compound in Basti on Thursday afternoon. Yadav was a native of Kaptanganj village and had represented a case in which some people of his village were punished by court. The police are in the process of filing an FIR .According to reports, advocate Jagnarayan Yadav was working at his desk on the court campus around 3.30pm when a youth approached him. Nothing can be said before investigation is over,” said ASP Basti Pankaj Kumar. Police rushed a profusely bleeding Yadav to hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead.“The reason behind the murder is yet not clear..