Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manoj Singh’s gunner Ratnesh Prajapati died from a gunshot wound in Jaunpur district on Sunday morning.

The employees present there said that the constable committed suicide by shooting himself.  The police said that there was a possibility of the gun going off while being cleaned.

According to reports, BJP leader Manoj Singh has a farm house in Baburi village under Barsathi police station where the incident took place. Manoj Singh was not present at home. 

His two gunners were present at the farm house. Both of them slept after having dinner on Saturday night. 

Reports said that of the two gunners, Ratnesh Prajapati came out and sat in the verandah after waking up on Sunday morning. After some time he got up and went to the back side of the farm house where he allegedly shot himself.

Hearing the gunshot, the other gunner, Rajat Pandey, and employees posted at the farm house rushed there and saw Ratnesh Prajapati  lying on the ground and writhing in pain. He was taken to a private hospital from where the doctor referred him to the district hospital. After reaching the district hospital, he was pronounced dead by the doctors.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Shailendra Singh said that the gunner died from bullet injury and further investigations were on in the matter.

Manoj Singh has been associated with the BJP for a long time and was the party candidate in Malhani assembly by-election but he lost to Samajwadi Party candidate Lucky Yadav.