Darvesh Yadav, a newly elected President of UP Bar Council was shot dead in Agra Civil Court yesterday evening, reports the IANS.
Yadav was the first woman to be the Chairman of UP Bar Council, who was elected two days back. According to reports, the attacker was Advocate Manish Sharma, who opened three rounds of fire at Yadav, inside the chambers of Advocate Arvind Kumar Mishra within Agra court premises.
According to LiveLaw, Oudh Bar Association has condemned the incident and resolved to abstain from work tomorrow to protest the attack. The Association has also resolved to call for special enquiry by the State Government into the crime.
Last March, a lawyer was shot dead in a court campus in Basti district.
