Meerut: Local BJP leader found dead inside house with bullet wound

A 35-year-old local BJP leader was on Saturday found dead at his house in Govindpuri area under suspicious circumstances with a bullet wound to the chest, police said.

President of BJP’s mahanagar (city) Mukesh Singhal said Nishant Garg had been active for the past five years, and was the social media in-charge of the regional unit (western UP) of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). Garg’s wife has claimed her husband committed suicide sometime early Saturday morning, said Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh.

In her statement to police, Sonia, the wife, said her husband got extremely drunk Friday night and beat her up too.