Shri Prakash Shukla

Shri Prakash Shukla (alias Ashok Singh) was an Indian hitman. He used to be hired by primarily politicians to kill their opponents. He was killed on 22 September 1998 in a police encounter in Ghaziabad. He was about 25 at the time of his death.

Shri Prakash Shukla was born in Mamkhor village, near hata bazar Gorakhpur. He is reported to have been a notable wrestler in his village. In 1993, Shukla killed a man called Rakesh Tiwari, because he had whistled at Shukla's sister. This was Shukla's first criminal record. Following the murder, Shukla escaped to Bangkok. He returned and became associated with Suraj Bhan of Mokama, Bihar. He was once the most dreaded and ruthless gangster of Uttar Pradesh and North Bihar which creates panic among others in the business but no one dares to confront him in the area under his influence.He has become the biggest headache for the politicians too which compels the police department to take urgent action against him.

In early 1997, he killed Virendra Shahi, a politician and a member of the state's underworld, in Lucknow. It was presumed that Hari Shankar Tiwari, who was an opponent of Sahi, would be targeted next as Shukla wanted the Chillupar assembly seat. In April 1998, the Uttar Pradesh police formed a Special Task Force (STF) to capture or kill 43 top criminals of the state, Shukla was on the list.

On 26 May 1998, Shukla gang's kidnapped Kunal Rastogi, the son of a businessman, from Botanical Gardens, Lucknow. His father was shot dead as he tried to save him. The gang allegedly took {{currency}} – invalid amount () to free the boy. In June 1998, he also allegedly killed Brij Behari Prasad, a minister from Bihar, in a Patna hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Soon after, he allegedly killed Ajit Sarkar, an MLA from Motihari.Sakshi Maharaj, a Member of the Parliament from Farrukhabad, had claimed that Shukla had taken a contract of ₹6 million to kill then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. But, he did not reveal the source of this information.

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