In a sensational attack, an accused in a 2011 murder case was shot dead by an unidentified man inside a courtroom here while hearing in the case was going on.
The deceased, identified as Vicky Tyagi, an alleged gangster, was shot multiple times by the shooter, who had entered the Additional District and Sessions Judge’s courtroom masquerading as a lawyer, police said.
“He is a criminal who escaped from the Muzaffarnagar juvenile home a year ago and committed a murder in his village. He has been on the run since”, said Thakur Anoop Singh, former president of district bar association of Muzaffarnagar.
Police rushed to the spot after hearing gun shots and the shooter was later nabbed by them. Tyagi’s blood-stained body was seen lying on the ground in the dock.
Breaching security, the armed man entered the courtroom, which was located on the second floor of the court.
Tyagi was facing trial in a 2011 murder case in which 8 persons were killed.
–PTI