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BJP leader found dead at Srinagar's high-security Tulsi Bagh

BJP leader found dead at Srinagar's high-security Tulsi Bagh

Srinagar, Mar 20 (UNI) BJP leader and former MLA Gurez Faqir Mohammad Khan allegedly shot himself dead at Srinagar's high-security Tulsi Bagh area on Wednesday, officials said.







Khan, a senior leader of the BJP who unsuccessfully contested the assembly polls on the party ticket in 2024, had a gunshot wound.



Police and forensic teams rushed to the spot soon after the incident surfaced .



A senior police officer confirmed the development and said an investigation is underway to ascertain the exact circumstances that led to Khan’s death.



Khan was elected to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly in 1996 as an Independent candidate. He joined BJP in 2020.







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