A lawyer was shot dead on Monday night in the city, prompting more than 900 advocates of the civil court to abstain from work on Tuesday and take out a silent march in protest against the deteriorating law and order situation in the state capital. From Ranchi District Bar Association Building to Albert Ekka Chowk via Kutchery Chowk, Ranchi University and Shaheed Chowk, advocates walked silently to condemn the way their colleague Ram Pravesh Singh, 47, was gunned down near his residence at Road 5 of Sarvodaya Nagar, Kanke.