Bhaiyyuji Maharaj's last rites to be performed today at Indore's Sayaji Mukti Dham

The Indore based guru, had allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.

File photo of self-styled spiritual leader Bhaiyyu Maharaj who allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Indore by shooting himself. (PTI Photo)

New Delhi: The last rites of the self-proclaimed spiritual guru Bhaiyyuji Maharaj who committed suicide on Tuesday, will be performed today in the afternoon at 1 pm at Sayaji Mukti Dham in Indore. The Indore based guru, had allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. He shot himself at his home. "He shot himself on his right temple in a room bolted from inside. His body was brought out by breaking the door of the room and taken to hospital, where he was declared 'brought dead'," PTI quoted a police officer as saying.” 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 family members of the spiritual guru claimed that this was his own handwriting but the police will verify this through experts, police officer said. A large number of his supporters gathered in front of the hospital where the 50-year-old 'godman' was rushed after the shooting incident. The 50-year-old model-turned-spiritual guru had had a huge follower base among politicians, many of them from Maharashtra. Bhayyu Maharaj was one of the five 'saints' to whom the Shivraj Singh government of Madhya Pradesh had granted Minister of State (MoS) rank in April. However, he had refused to accept it, saying "a post holds no importance for a saint".