40-Yr-Old Lawyer Shot 6 times, Survives

According to Police, a young Lawyer was critically injured after being allegedly shot at by 4 unidentified bike-borne assailants in Gopalganj on Wednesday morning.

 The victim identified as Navin Kumar, 40, was on way to Gopalganj Civil Court on his motorcycle from his house in Jamsadi village when he was shot at by the assailants from close range in Bedutola locality. Police said.

A Police Officer said Kumar was hit by 6 bullets, one of which struck his stomach. He was immediately rushed to a hospital in Gorakhpur in UP where he is recuperating.

As the news of the murderous attack spread, Advocates began shouting slogans against the Police & boycotted work resulting in disruption of Court proceedings. The protesting lawyers demanded immediate arrest of the criminals involved in the case.

Later, a group of locals blocked the Thave-Gopalganj road & disrupted vehicular traffic for 2 hours. A Police team rushed to the spot & heard the protesters’ grievances.

The roadblock was lifted after an assurance that the assailants would be caught.

Gopalganj’s superintendent of police Manoj Tiwari said that they have launched a probe & CCTV footage of the area is being scanned for further information on the attackers.

Tiwari said that “The matter is being investigated & the culprits will be apprehended soon. The entire family has rushed to Gorakhpur with the victim & the reason behind the attack is yet to be ascertained".

Kumar isn't the first Advocate to be shot in Gopalganj. On Feb 14, Advocate Tuntun Ram was shot dead by 2 bike-borne men when he was on way to court. Another lawyer Tripurari Sharan Sharma, an Ex-Additional Public Prosecutor was gunned down in 2015. 

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