Jeeva was involved with several infamous gangs and carried out several criminal activities for almost three decades and was an active member of Mafia turned politician Mukhtar Ansari and had committed various crimes.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already issued directives regarding holding mass Yoga sessions apart from other events across the state with the aim of taking Yoga to every household in the state.
"Six police officials have been suspended for negligence, resulting in the murder of gangster Sanjeev alias Jeeva. The police officials posted in the security of the court have been suspended," said Aparna Kaushik.
The accused in the daylight murder of notorious gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Jeeva was granted fourteen days' judicial custody, police informed on Thursday.
Jeeva became an infamous gangster after the murder of Krishna Nand Rai BJP leader Braham Dutt Dwivedi in 1997 for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
A day after gangster Sanjeev alias Jeeva was shot day in Lucknow court premises, his wife moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to attend her husband's last rites.
Section 144 has been imposed in Kanpur after the firing incident in Lucknow court premises wherein gangster Sanjeev alias Jeeva was shot ahead of a hearing.
Notably, gangster Sanjeev Jeeva, a close aide of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was shot dead by an unknown person inside Lucknow court premises on Wednesday.