Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi | |
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1st Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena [1] | |
In office September 2018 – 5 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | Sheela Shekhawat [2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Gogamedi, India | 20 February 1970
Died | 5 December 2023 Shyam Nagar in Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India | (aged 53)
Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi was an Indian social activist who was the president of Karni Sena, a right-wing group. [3] He was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jaipur on 5 December 2023. The incident took place in the Shyam Nagar area. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The Lawrence Bishnoi Gang claimed responsibility for the murder. [10]
He had a long criminal record with more than thirty criminal cases against him, including charges of murder, extortion, dacoity, illegal weapons and kidnapping in Rajasthan and Haryana. [11] [12]