A judicial inquiry has been ordered into the death of gangster Prem Prakash alias Munna Bajrangi who was allegedly shot dead inside Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district jail on Monday.
Earlier in the day, Additional Director General (Prison) Chandra Prakash had stated that the gangster was shot by a fellow inmate in the prison.
According to him, the jailer, deputy jailer, head warden and warden have been suspended.
Munna Bajrangi's advocate Vikas Shrivastava claimed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was made aware of a threat to Bajrangi's life recently.
On July 7, Munna Bajrangi was taken to Baghpat to appear before a Baghpat court this morning in connection with an ongoing trial related to a case of extortion.
Earlier this week, Munna Bajrangi's wife, Seema Singh had alleged that her husband was on the hit list of the state police.
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