A Pune based senior criminal lawyer was shot by an unidentified person on Monday evening when he was on his way to home from the court proceedings to meet his client. The injured lawyer has been identified as Dayanand Ratnakar Dhokne (45), a resident of Yerawada area.

The senior criminal lawyer was immediately rushed to the Koregaon Park-based private hospital and is currently undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Dhokne's wife is a housewife and the couple has two children; one is studying in the sixth standard while the other child is in the second standard.