Gangster Prem Prakash Singh aka Munna Bajrangi was reportedly shot dead on Monday morning in district Jail of Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat. Hours after he was shot dead inside Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat District Jail, Additional Director General of Police (ADG) on Monday claimed the gangster was shot by a fellow inmate in prison.
“There was an altercation between another gangster, Sunil Rathiat and him, after which Bajrangi was shot. He (Rathiat) has been detained and is being interrogated,” ADG Prison, Chandra Prakash, told media here. Sources say around 6.30 am in the Baghpat prison, when the inmates were having tea, another prisoner Sunil Rathiat, fired at Bajrangi, killing him instantly. The gangster had been transferred to the prison in Baghpat from Jhansi on Sunday.
He further noted that the jailer, deputy jailer, warden and head warden have been suspended post the death of Bajrangi.
“We have requested judicial and magisterial inquiry into the matter,” he added.
Echoing a similar view, Munna Bajrangi’s advocate Vikas Shrivastava claimed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister was made aware of a threat to Bajrangi’s life recently.
“He (Bajrangi) was brought to District Jail Baghpat from Jhansi, last night. At 6:30 am today, a convict lodged in the jail shot him dead and hid the pistol in a gutter. A few days ago, we made Utter Pradesh Chief Minister aware of a threat to gangster Bajrangi’s life,” he added.
Munna Bajrangi was taken to Baghpat on July 7 as he was to appear before a Baghpat court in connection with an ongoing trial related to a case of extortion this morning. Earlier this week, Munna Bajrangi’s wife, Seema Singh had claimed that her husband was on the hit list of the state police.
“I want to tell Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath ji that my husband’s life is in danger. A conspiracy is being hatched to kill him in a fake encounter,” Seema told ANI.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said: “I have ordered a judicial inquiry and suspension of the jailor. Such an incident occurring inside jail premises is a serious matter. Will conduct an in-depth investigation and strict action to be taken against those responsible.”
Munna Bajrangi, originally Prem Prakash, was arrested in Mumbai in October 2009, for the murder of BJP lawmaker Krishnanand Rai. The lawmaker was shot more than 100 times with an AK-47 in 2005. Bajrangi, accused in as many as 40 cases of murder and extortion, survived after he was shot nine times in an encounter in 1998 in Delhi.