Who was Munna Bajrangi, the gangster shot dead in UP jail?
Munna Bajrangi was a gangster in Uttar Pradesh who was undergoing trial for 2005 murder of BJP leader Krishnanand Rai. Bajrangi was a core member of five-time MLA Mukhtar Ansari's gang and had around 40 cases of murder and extortion against him. His wife had recently alleged that the UP Police was planning to kill him in a fake encounter.