BJP leader Shweta Singh dies in mysterious conditions

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and zila panchayat member has been found allegedly hanging from the ceiling of a room in her house under the Sadar Kotwali police circle in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said.

Her husband, Deepak Singh Gaur, also a BJP worker and a liquor trader, is reportedly missing.

According to police reports, the victim, Shweta Singh Gaur, 35, was an active local BJP worker and was elected zila panchayat member from Chandwara.

She was found allegedly hanging on Wednesday evening in her room whose doors were locked from inside.

However, no suicide note was recovered.