Main accused in the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council chairperson Darvesh Yadav’s murder case, Manish Sharma, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Gurugram on Saturday.
Darvesh Yadav was shot dead allegedly by Manish Sharma inside a lawyer’s chamber on the Agra civil court premises in the new UP Bar Council president was felicitated by the lawyers on June 12.
After firing five bullets on Darvesh Yadav, Manish Sharma had shot himself in the head with the same weapon. He was rushed to Gurugram for treatment on June 13 and succumbed to his injury at 13:30 pm on Saturday afternoon, sources confirmed. He was on ventilator.
Darvesh Yadav, a native of Etah, was very close to Manish Sharma but after some differences they separated.
The family of Darvesh Yadav had approached the Supreme Court demanding a CBI probe into her murder and the apex court is likely to hear the plea on June 25.
Darvesh Yadav was elected joint president of the UP Bar Association along with Harishanker Singh of Varanasi when both received the same number of votes. As per arrangement, Darvesh Yadav was to be the president for the first six months and thereafter Harishanker would have taken the charge.
Sources said that with the death of Manish Sharma, the police would face an uphill task in finding out the real motive behind the sensational murder.