New President Elect of U.P. Bar Council Shot Dead in Agra Court

A heart-throbbing incident took place in the Agra Court where the First Woman President of U.P. Bar Council was shot dead by his close associate in the court premises, itself.

Smt. Darwesh Yadav (38), was elected as the First Woman President of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council on 09th June 2019 and just after 2 days of her election, she was shot dead by his colleague Manish Sharma in the Chamber of Arvind Mishra (Senior Advocate) where Manish Sharma went to congratulate the Newly Elected President, but as they went into a quarrel, Manish Sharma lost his cool and took out his pistol and fired at Yadav from point blank range, as told by the witnesses to the incident.[1]

IMAGE 1: Advocate Darwesh Yadav, the First Woman President of U.P. Bar Council.

Smt. Yadav died on the spot, in lieu of the same Manish Sharma shot himself also to evade from the charges of murder, but was taken immediatelly to the hospital and now he is in critical stage. Everyone is trying hard to revive him so that the actual reason for the incident could be reached & justice to Yadav could be sought.

Facing such a horrific incident, Bar Council of India declares one-day mourning in the entire state of Uttar Pradesh.

IMAGE 2: Notification of Bar Council of India on the killing of Darwesh Yadav.[2]

• [1] Indo-Asian News Services, First woman president of UP Bar Council shot dead in Agra court, INDIA TODAY (June 13, 2019, 08:14 AM), https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/up-bar-council-chief-shot-dead-in-agra-court-1547376-2019-06-12.

• [2] Aditi Singh, Darvesh Yadav shooting: Bar Council of India calls for one-day mourning in Uttar Pradesh, BAR & BENCH (June 13, 2019, 08:12 AM), https://barandbench.com/darvesh-yadav-bar-council-india-day-mourning/.