Ganster Munna Bajrangi shot dead inside Uttar Pradesh jail

 Lucknow: Dreaded mafia don Munna Bajrangi a.k.a. Prem Prakash Singh was shot dead in Baghpat jail on Monday morning. Bajrangi, 51, was lodged in Jhansi jail and had been brought to Baghpat  district jail on Sunday night in connection with the hearing of a case related to extortion that was listed for hearing  on Monday, police said.

Police sources said that Bajrangi was shot dead allegedly by Sunil Rathi, a rival gangster lodged in the same jail at 5.30 on Monday morning. Rathi pumped ten bullets into Bajrangi who died on the spot.  Rathi reportedly threw the pistol into a gutter and the weapon is yet to be recovered.  

The murder of Bajrangi is now expected to unleash a fresh round of gang war in the state underworld.  Munna Bajrangi was an accused in as many as 40 criminal cases, including those of murder and extortion.