A senior Madhya Pradesh minister Monday said "someone close" might be behind the killing of a local BJP leader here, even as a top police official said they had a few leads and were close to solving the case.
BJP leader Manoj Thakre (48) was Sunday found dead with injury marks on the face and neck in the Balwadi area of Barwani.
Earlier, on Thursday, another BJP leader, Prahlad Bandhawar, was shot dead in Mansdaur allegedly by one Manish Bairagi with police claiming it to be the fallout of a financial dispute. The deceased was chairman of the Mandsaur Municipal Council.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bala Bachchan Monday said the person arrested for Bandhawar's killing was a BJP worker and added that "in this (Barwani) incident too, someone close is involved".
Bachchan, an MLA from Rajpur, hails from Barwani.
Meanwhile, Indore Inspector General of Police Varun Kapoor, briefing reporters on Thakre's case, said, "We are working on two-three leads. At present, it won't be proper to reveal anything but we have got definite leads. We are on the verge of getting success."
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