Gurugram, June 22: Manish Sharma, the lawyer who shot himself after killing Uttar Pradesh Bar Council President Darvesh Singh Yadav in Agra court died in a Gurugram hospital on Saturday. Sharma was shifted to Medanta hospital. He was in a coma and was kept on a ventilator. The lawyer was declared dead on Saturday afternoon. Darvesh Yadav, UP Bar Council's 1st Female President, Shot Dead in Agra Court Premises.

Sharma had shot his colleague Darvesh Singh Yadav on June 12 after the latter was elected as the Bar Council President. According to reports, Sharma fired three bullets at Yadav, killing her on the spot. Immediately after, he shot himself in the head. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Holds Review Meeting on Law and Order Situation in State.

Meanwhile, on June 21, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea seeking CBI probe into Yadav’s murder. The plea, filed by advocate Indu Kaul, was listed before a vacation bench of justices Deepka Gupta and Surya Kant who agreed to hear it next Tuesday saying that it was a "serious matter". Yadav was the first woman president of the Bar Council.

(With agency inputs)

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