Dreaded gangster Munna Bajrangi was shot dead inside the premises of Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat jail on Monday. It is yet to be ascertained if it was a suicide or murder, however, sources indicate he was killed by fellow inmate and gangster Sunil Rathi. But again, questions also come up as to how did a prisoner possess a pistol inside the jail. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a judicial investigation, and suspended four people including the jailer and deputy jailer of the Baghpat prison.

Munna Bajrangi's claim to fame was the murder of MLA Krishnanand Rai, who was shot more than 100 times with bursts of Ak 47 by Bajrangi and others in November 2005. Bajrangi was last arrested in 2009 from Mumbai by a special cell team led by DCP Sanjeev Yadav.

In 1998, Munna Bajrangi was shot by Delhi police at least 9 times and he was even sent to the mortuary. But he somehow survived.

In 2012, Bajrangi had contested an election from Mariyahu in Jaunpur on a ticket from Apna Dal.

Bajrangi had also joined hands with mafia turned politicial Mukhtar Ansari in 2013.