A lawyer was shot dead at his office in Ghaziabad on Wednesday in his chambers inside the district court complex.  As per initial reports, advocate Manoj Chaudhary alias Monu Jaat was having lunch, when two attackers entered chamber 95 and started firing indiscriminately. Chaudhary’s blood-covered body was found slumped in the chair. After the incident, there was ruckus in the entire tehsil.

On receiving information about the incident, police reached the spot and investigating the incident is pon. The miscreants entered the chamber and shot a lawyer named Monu Chaudhary, due to which the lawyer died on the spot. The body has been sent for postmortem.

Police said the two attackers have been identified in the CCTV footage who entered the tehsil at around 1:38 pm and had hid faces with handerchief.  Preliminary information said Chaudhary was shot dead at 2 pm. The attackers reportedly arrived on foot and fled after committing the crime.

A case was filed with the Sihani Gate Police Station and the investigation is ongoing, as part of which a forensic team gathered evidence and the body has been sent for post-mortem. Chaudhary had contested election for the Tehsil Bar Association.

In addition, security footage from CCTV cameras installed across the court premises are being secured, police said.

Officials from the Singhni Gate police station have launched an investigation and are examining the footage to identify the murderers. A team of forensic experts was also called to the site for further investigation.

 The killing comes as legal practitioners across western UP went on a 24-hour strike on Wednesday to protest the clash between lawyers and police in the state’s Hapur region.

In anticipation of further clashes police had been deployed at all court and tehsil complexes in the State.