The District General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha, Krishna Yadav, was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district on Sunday.
After getting the information about the incident, police immediately reached the spot and recovered a pistol along with an empty cartridge from his room.
"We received information of a person named Krishna Yadav being shot with a bullet. After reaching the spot, we found bloodstains in his room and recovered a pistol and an empty cartridge," Vineet Jaiswal, Superintendent of Police, Hathras said while speaking to ANI.
"He was later taken to a trauma centre in Aligarh where he was declared dead. We are investigating the case," he added.
Further investigation is underway.
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