The 30-year-old son of a senior BJP leader here allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself on Saturday morning, police said. Mahesh, the son of three-time MLA from Jewar Horam Singh, was found dead by his family members after a shot rang out from his room, they said. When the family members rushed inside, Mahesh's body was found lying on the ground with a gun next to it, they added.

Police reached the spot after receiving information about the incident and sent the body for postmortem. Inspector Kotwali MK Upadhyay said the matter seemed to be of suicide.