Mystery shrouds the death of the former Samajwadi Party MLA Anar Singh Diwakar, 55, who is suspected to have committed suicide in a hotel room in Etah town of Uttar Pradesh late on Saturday night. Diwakar was elected from the Jalesar (reserved) Assembly constituency in Etah district in 2002.
The police said he shot himself at the temple at point-blank range with his licensed revolver in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The body and the weapon were found on the blood-stained bed of the room on Sunday morning.
A police spokesman said here that prima facie , it appeared to be a case of suicide, though no suicide note was found.
Diwakar checked into the hotel on Agra Road on Saturday. The spokesman said the hotel manager alerted the police to the incident around 11 a.m.
