BJP’s Mandi MP Ram Swaroop Sharma found dead at Delhi residence

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 17

BJP’s two-time MP from Mandi Ram Swaroop Sharma was found hanging from the ceiling of his official residence at North Avenue here this morning. No suicide note was, however, found from the spot.

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Sharma (62) was taken to a local government hospital where he was declared dead.

No suicide note

• Ram Swaroop Sharma, two-time MP from Mandi, found hanging from the ceiling at his official residence in Delhi. No suicide note found
• Sharma is the second Lok Sabha member to die under mysterious circumstances in less than a month

Sharma was first elected to the 16th Lok Sabha and then re-elected on the BJP ticket from the same segment in the 2019 General Election. He was hailed as a giant killer for defeating then Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife Pratibha Singh in 2014.

The police said prima facie it was a case of death by suicide, but the exact cause of death would only be known after a thorough investigation.

Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 1 pm after an obituary reference to Ram Swaroop Sharma. The BJP cancelled its parliamentary party meeting and postponed a joining at the party headquarters.

Sharma is the second Lok Sabha member to die under mysterious circumstances in less than a month.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar, a seven-term Lok Sabha member, was found hanging in a Mumbai hotel on February 22.

PM Modi has expressed grief at the death of Sharma and former minister Dilip Gandhi.