<p>The leader of a religious sect shot himself dead with his rifle near Haryana’s Yamunanagar town, police said on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Tirath Das, a mahant of the Dera Om Sewa, was found dead by sect members in his room. <br />Police officials said the religious man shot himself with his own rifle.<br /><br />“The reasons for this are not yet known. We are investigating,” a police official said.<br /><br />The incident took place during the ongoing Kapal Mochan fair, which draws lakhs of people annually in Yamunanagar district.</p>
<p>The leader of a religious sect shot himself dead with his rifle near Haryana’s Yamunanagar town, police said on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Tirath Das, a mahant of the Dera Om Sewa, was found dead by sect members in his room. <br />Police officials said the religious man shot himself with his own rifle.<br /><br />“The reasons for this are not yet known. We are investigating,” a police official said.<br /><br />The incident took place during the ongoing Kapal Mochan fair, which draws lakhs of people annually in Yamunanagar district.</p>