<p>Chhatarpur: A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader who unsuccessfully contested the 2023 assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh has been shot dead in the state's Chhatarpur city, police said.</p>.<p>Mahendra Gupta was shot in the head near a marriage garden on Sagar Road on Monday night, Superintendent of Police Amit Sanghi said.</p>.<p>"Gupta died on the spot. The accused fled from the crime scene," the SP said.</p>.Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav targets Samajwadi Party, calls upon Yadav community to join BJP.<p>A resident of Ishanagar town, Gupta contested the 2023 assembly polls from Bijawar seat on the BSP ticket and secured third place by getting 10,400 votes.</p>.<p>Gupta's private security guard Abdul Mansoori said he was shot by a motorcycle-borne man.</p>.<p>The assailant fled by the time he could load his rifle to retaliate, Mansoori said, adding he had seen the attacker and could identify him.</p>.<p>The BSP leader had come to Chhatarpur to attend a marriage ceremony when the incident occurred.</p>
<p>Chhatarpur: A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader who unsuccessfully contested the 2023 assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh has been shot dead in the state's Chhatarpur city, police said.</p>.<p>Mahendra Gupta was shot in the head near a marriage garden on Sagar Road on Monday night, Superintendent of Police Amit Sanghi said.</p>.<p>"Gupta died on the spot. The accused fled from the crime scene," the SP said.</p>.Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav targets Samajwadi Party, calls upon Yadav community to join BJP.<p>A resident of Ishanagar town, Gupta contested the 2023 assembly polls from Bijawar seat on the BSP ticket and secured third place by getting 10,400 votes.</p>.<p>Gupta's private security guard Abdul Mansoori said he was shot by a motorcycle-borne man.</p>.<p>The assailant fled by the time he could load his rifle to retaliate, Mansoori said, adding he had seen the attacker and could identify him.</p>.<p>The BSP leader had come to Chhatarpur to attend a marriage ceremony when the incident occurred.</p>