Five shot dead on UP court premises

B D Narayankar

FIVE people were killed in a shootout on Uttar Pradesh court premises in Hathras near Aligarh here on Saturday.

Three unidentified assailants shot dead two undertrials - Satyajit and Kamlesh Kumar - on the court premises. Later, the security personnel on duty killed the assailants in an encounter.

This is the first time a shootout has taken place on the court premises in Uttar Pradesh, police said.