JAILED gangster Jitendra Gogi was shot dead on Friday inside a packed Rohini courtroom here by two assailants dressed as lawyers who were also killed in a police counter-fire, officials said. In video footage of the shootout involving the two attackers, who were from the rival gang, gunshots could be heard and policemen and lawyers seen in a scramble. Witnesses said, a woman lawyer received a bullet injury in her leg.

Police said that the incident happened around 1.15 pm when Gogi was brought to the courtroom number 207 for a hearing, and the two gangsters posing as lawyers opened fire at him.

Advocate Sunil Tomar, who was present in the courtroom for his client’s bail matters, said that there were 15-17 people in the court of judge Gagandeep Singh when the incident happened.

“As Gogi entered the courtroom, two persons, who were dressed as lawyers, whipped out their pistols and suddenly opened fire upon him. After hearing

gunshots, people started running to save their lives inside the courtroom and the judge also went back to his office just behind the courtroom,” Tomar told PTI.

He claimed that the assailants pumped around 10 bullets into Gogi. “For the first 15 minutes, I could not figure out what was happening there.” Advocate Manoj Kumar Nigam, who was also there, said, a woman lawyer also received a bullet injury on her leg. A senior police officer said that Gogi was also accompanied by members of the counterintelligence unit of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell.

“When Gogi entered the courtroom, the two assailants in lawyers’ uniform took out their pistols and opened fire on Gogi. Immediately, the personnel from the counterintelligence team which was accompanying Gogi retaliated and the two assailants died on the spot,” he said.