BJP MLA Yogesh Verma shot in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district
News Agencies
| Updated on: 21 March 2019, 18:30 IST
A BJP legislator in Uttar Pradesh was shot while he was returning home in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Thursday, police said.
Lakhimpur MLA Yogesh Verma sustained a bullet injury on his leg when an unidentified person shot at him here at around 3 pm. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader was returning to his residence in Rajgarh area from office, a police officer said.
The attacker fled from the spot. Verma was rushed to a hospital, where his condition was stated to be out of danger, the officer said. A case has been registered and a probe is the on, the officer added.
-PTI
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