New Delhi, 9/6: The wife of slain gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Jeeva on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking protection from arrest in order to participate in the funeral and last rites of her husband.
Jeeva, a dreaded criminal from Muzaffarnagar, was shot dead inside the Lucknow court complex on Wednesday evening. He is considered a close aide of gangster politician Mukhtar Ansari.
Payal, who also faced a gangster chart, sought one-day protection from the top court to attend the funeral of her husband.
Her counsel mentioned the matter before a vacation bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal.