Previous cases involving Jeeva include the targeted killing of Krishnananda Rai, a BJP MLA from the Mohammadabad assembly constituency in Ghazipur. Along with six others, Rai was attacked by a group of assailants armed with AK-47 assault rifles
Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva was a dreaded shooter and the aide of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Hailing from Muzaffarnagar, the 48-year-old worked as a compounder at a clinic before joining the underworld