Jammu: In a tragic incident, wife of a senior BJP leader on Saturdy slipped from stairs and died after attending a function organised to mark birth anniversary of Deendayal Upadhyaya in Rajouri district.
“The wife of a senior BJP leader died after she slipped from the stairs and fell from the rooftop of a building in Chingus area of Rajouri district,” a police official here said.
According to police, the woman had accompanied her husband at the times of incident. The deceased was identified as Sheetal Gupta, wife of Atam Parkash Gupta, BJP District general secretary. The function was organised on the second floor of the building, where ground floor had shops and first floor a residential accommodation. The woman slipped and fell while alighting the stair case” police addes.
“The stairs were not having safety measures,” they said, adding that the deceased had to visit Jammu but on the request of husband, she joined him for function.
Profusely bleeding weman was rushed to the Nowshera Sub District Hospital but she died on way. Police have taken cognizance of the incident.