SP leader commits suicide

A Samajwadi Party leader allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself after an altercation with wife, police said Friday.

Sanjay alias Sheebu (32), a district panchayat member, shot himself with his licensed pistol at his residence in Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh.

Sheebu is the son of former MLA Shabbir Ahmad.

The body has been sent for postmortem, they said.