Jayanti Bhanushali, former Gujarat BJP legislator and vice-president of the party, was found dead in a train he was travelling from Kutch to Ahmedabad. The body has been taken out of the AC coach and is being taken to Ahmedabad for autopsy. “We have found his bullet ridden body from the train,” a police official said. Lately, Bhanushali made headlines when his name figured in a complaint filed by a Surat based woman who accused him of rape and sexual harassment. Following the complaint of rape, he had resigned as Gujarat BJP vice-president.

Source: The Hindu January 08, 2019 04:18 UTC