{"id":10869,"date":"2026-04-11T05:40:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10869"},"modified":"2026-04-11T05:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:40:32","slug":"130184774-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10869","title":{"rendered":"Up Lawyer Shot Dead: Caught on cam: UP lawyer shot dead during morning walk in full public view in Mirzapur | Varanasi News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130184824,imgsize-39326,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/amid-the-confusion-the-two-men-hastily-swapped-positions-with-the-shooter-trying-to-start-the-vehicle-while-his-accomplice-took-control.jpg\" alt=\"Caught on cam: UP lawyer shot dead during morning walk in full public view in Mirzapur\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MIRZAPUR: A lawyer, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajeev-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajeev Singh<\/a>, was shot dead during his morning walk in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, in an incident that unfolded in full public view.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/> The incident occurred on Friday morning.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>According to sources, the shooter, along with an accomplice, attempted to flee the scene on a motorcycle immediately after the attack.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>However, their escape was briefly thwarted when the bike\u2019s engine failed to start.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Amid the confusion, the two men hastily swapped positions, with the shooter trying to start the vehicle while his accomplice took control. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>As angry bystanders began closing in to apprehend them, one of the assailants pulled out a pistol and pointed it directly at the crowd, forcing them to back off.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Moments later, the motorcycle engine roared to life, allowing the duo to speed away from the spot, leaving behind panic and chaos.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Mirzapur superintendent of police Aparna Rajat Kaushik said that the victim and the accused are residents of the same village and had a prior dispute over village matters. \u201cA case has been registered. Police teams are engaged in searching for the accused,\u201d she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/varanasi\/up-lawyer-shot-dead-during-morning-walk-in-full-public-view-in-mirzapur\/articleshow\/130184774.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIRZAPUR: A lawyer, Rajeev Singh, was shot dead during his morning walk in Mirzapur, Uttar&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26702,6462,26704,26703,26699,26700,26701,26705,26696,26695,26697,26698],"class_list":["post-10869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lawyer-shot-dead-in-full-public-view","tag-mirzapur","tag-mirzapur-lawyer-shot-dead","tag-rajeev-singh","tag-today-news-varanasi","tag-up-lawyer-shot-dead","tag-up-lawyer-shot-dead-during-morning-walk","tag-uttar-pradesh-shooting-incident","tag-varanasi-latest-news","tag-varanasi-news","tag-varanasi-news-live","tag-varanasi-news-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}