Gurpreet Gogi, a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and MLA from Ludhiana West, sadly passed away late Friday night. He accidentally shot himself in the head, as confirmed by a police officer and his family. They said he was in his room when they heard a gunshot. When they rushed to see what happened, they found him injured and lying in a pool of blood. He was taken to DMC hospital, but the doctors declared him dead upon arrival.
The police officer said that they will confirm the exact cause of death once they get the post-mortem report.
Gurpreet Gogi joined AAP in 2022, just before the Punjab elections. He won a seat in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, defeating a former minister. He was also elected as a local councillor three times from 2007 to 2022 and led the District Congress Committee from 2014 to 2019.
During the previous Congress-led government in Punjab, he was the chairman of the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation from 2019 to 2022.
Gogi recently made news on August 23, 2024, when he decided to remove the foundation stone for a ₹650 crore pipeline project aimed at cleaning Buddha Nullah. Ironically, he was the one who laid that stone in 2022. He said he was frustrated with how poorly the responsible departments were performing.
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