THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Chhatarpur, March 5: In the Civil Lines police station area of Chhatarpur, Mahendra Gupta, a leader of the Bahujan Samajwadi Party, was shot and killed on Monday, police stated.
In the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2023, BSP leader Mahendra Gupta ran from the Bijawar seat.
A case was filed in accordance with Indian Penal Code Section 302.
Chhatarpur Superintendent of Police, Amit Sanghi, stated, “A person was shot dead on Sagar Road in Civil Lines police station area, Chhatarpur. Post-mortem of the body was done. He was sent to the district hospital for post mortem. Now a case is registered under section 302.”
“Our special team has gone to this incident in which 4 police station in-charges including the Additional Superintendent of Police have been deployed in this incident. Our effort is to arrest the culprit as soon as possible, prima facie investigation suggests that there may be old rivalry, which will be our main point of investigation further,” he added.
