New Delhi, March 20 -- Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MLA from Gurez, Faqir Mohammad Khan has reportedly died by suicide inside the Tulsi Bagh government quarters in Srinagar. BJP officials said Khan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself.

Khan, 62, shot himself inside the Tulsibagh government quarters in Srinagar, they said. The Jammu and Kashmir police have started investigating the circumstances of his death. He was immediately taken to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, where doctors on duty declared him dead.

BJP spokesperson Altaf Thakur, while confirming the incident, said the former MLA has died due to suicide.

It was not immediately known as to why Khan took the extreme step.

According to MyNeta, Faqir...