Gangster Sandeep Sethi had 25 criminal cases registered against him, said police. (Representational)
A gangster was shot dead by unidentified people in full view of the public today when he was about to appear before a court in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, police said.
Gangster Sandeep Sethi who was out on bail since September 12 had come for hearing at the Nagaur district court today with his friends.
As he reached the court, four-five unidentified people who had come on motorbikes, rained bullets at him, killing him on the spot, Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Meena said.
He said that Sethi had 25 criminal cases registered against him at different police stations.
The officer said that Sethi's killers fired about 9-10 rounds.
His body has been kept at the Nagaur government hospital mortuary for post mortem.
Efforts are on to identify the killers through CCTV footage, Mr Meena said.
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