Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Open jail inmate shot dead in Jaipur; manhunt launched
A man who lived at a special low-security jail called an open jail was shot while walking back to it.
His name was Gangasahay Kumawat and he was 45 years old.
Two men on a scooter came up to him and fired a gun three times.
One bullet hit his head and he died.
This happened in a neighborhood in the city of Jaipur, India.
It was around 5 o'clock in the evening on a Wednesday.
Gangasahay was in jail because he had been found guilty of a murder in 2018.
The person he was convicted of killing was named Mahendra Gurjar.
Police do not yet know why someone wanted to hurt him, and they are now searching for the two men who rode away on the scooter.
Gangasahay Kumawat, a 45-year-old inmate of Sanganer open jail, was shot dead in Jaipur on Wednesday evening.
Two men on a scooter fired three rounds at him, one hitting him in the head, while he was on his way to the open jail.
The shooting occurred around 5 pm in the Janki Vihar area of Dhabas, described by police as Jaipur's Karni Vihar area.
Kumawat was convicted in the 2018 murder of Mahendra Gurjar, a history-sheeter from Moti Doongri, and was serving his sentence.
The motive is not immediately known, and police from multiple stations have launched a manhunt for the shooters.
- Who
- Gangasahay Kumawat, a 45-year-old inmate of Sanganer open jail, was the victim; two unidentified men on a scooter were the attackers.
- What
- Kumawat was shot dead after the assailants fired three rounds, one of which hit him in the head.
- When
- Wednesday evening, around 5 pm.
- Where
- The Janki Vihar area of Dhabas, described as Jaipur's Karni Vihar area, in Rajasthan.
- Why
- The motive was not immediately known; Kumawat had been convicted in the 2018 murder of Mahendra Gurjar.
- Victim
- Gangasahay Kumawat, 45
- Status
- Inmate of Sanganer open jail
- Conviction
- 2018 murder of Mahendra Gurjar
- Location
- Janki Vihar/Karni Vihar area of Dhabas, Jaipur
- Time
- Around 5 pm, Wednesday evening
- Attack
- Two men on a scooter fired three rounds; one bullet hit the head
- Police Response
- Teams from Karni Vihar, Bhankrota and Chitrakoot police stations; manhunt launched