Indian lawmaker accidentally shoots himself dead while cleaning his pistol
A lawmaker in India accidentally shot himself dead while cleaning his pistol on Friday night, family members told police.
Gurpreet Gogi, 58, a member of Aam Aadmi Party (APP) MLA from Punjab’s Ludhiana West constituency, was found dead with bullet injuries. His family members said he was alone in his room when the incident happened, according to reporting by India Today.
Gogi was admitted to the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
“He was declared brought dead. The incident happened around 11.30pm. A probe is underway,” a police official said, but explained that the cause of his death will only be determined after autopsy.
Gogi joined AAP in 2022 and defeated former Punjab minister and sitting MLA Bharat Bhushan Ashu from the Ludhiana (West) assembly constituency by 7,500 votes.
In his last post on his official Facebook page, Gogi wrote that he held a meeting with Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan and environmentalist Sant Baba Balbir Singh Seechwal in a bid to clean the Buddha Nala, a seasonal stream in Punjab’s Malwa which was used for drinking and domestic purposes before getting polluted by industrial discharge and other toxic chemicals.
He wrote that he visited the Pracheen Sheetla Mata Mandir in BRS Nagar, where jewellery worth Rs 40 lakh was stolen recently.
He had “assured the priest and the temple management that the guilty will be brought to book.” He spoke to the Police Commissioner in connection with the case, urging him to take quick action, he wrote.
Gogi attended a Lohri function on Friday along with the state assembly speaker Kultar Sandhwan at the Ludhiana Bar Association.
– India Today.
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