30-year-old man dies by suicide in Lucknow: Police

A 30-year-old man and employee of MLA Yogesh Shukla, identified as Shresth Tiwari, allegedly died by hanging himself at the official residence of BJP leader in Lucknow's Hazratganj area in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday night but no complaint has been received so far in the matter as the MLA is also out of station, reported news agency PTI. Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP) Arvind Kumar Verma said the motive behind the suicide is still not clear as further investigations are currently underway.

The deceased was working in the MLA's media team and belonged to the Barabanki district. The police officer further said the body was sent for post-mortem.

Talking to news agency ANI, BJP Leader Yogesh Shukla said, "Yesterday in the evening at 4 PM, I had a last-time conversation with him. After that, I asked him to leave as I was not well.”