Bhaiyyuji Maharaj, the self-styled spiritual leader, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his Indore residence on Tuesday afternoon.
Police have reportedly found a suicide note that indicated that the 50-year-old Bhaiyyuji (Uday Sinh Deshmukh) was depressed over some domestic issues.
Bhaiyyuji, who counted some of the country’s top politicians and celebrities among his followers, was declared dead at the Bombay hospital in Indore.
Additional Director General (ADG), Indore Range, Ajay Sharma said that Bhaiyyuji shot himself on his right temple in a room bolted from inside. Sharma said a notepad was found in his room on which he had purportedly written, “Somebody should be there to handle duties of family, I am leaving, too much stressed out, fed up”.
The people close to the spiritual guru claimed that it was his own handwriting, but the police will verify the same through experts, he said.
The exact cause behind the extreme step will be known after a detailed probe, he said.