BJP worker shot dead in Delhi

New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A 42-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead in the national capital, an official said on Thursday.According to the official, the victim was identified as Jitender alias Jitu Choudhary, a resident of Mayur Vihar Phase 3.Deputy Commissioner of Police (East District) Priyanka Kashyap said the beat staff of Ghazipur police station, during patrolling on Wednesday evening, noticed a gathering near pocket C-1.When the police reached the spot they found a man lying in a pool of blood in front of his house."The victim was having gunshot injuries and the public shifted the injured to a hospital in a private vehicle where he was decided brought dead," the DCP said.Upon inspecting the crime scene, the police recovered a few empty cartridges and other important evidences from the spot."Search of eye witnesses and CCTV footage is being made. Legal action is being taken," the official added.
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