Raipur: Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Chattisgarh treasurer Ram Avtar Jaggi, a close confidante of party president V C Shukla, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen late on June 4 night, a senior police official said.

"Jaggi was shot around midnight near the Mohdapara police station when he was going home. The gunmen also broke the windshield of his Maruti car and managed to flee on their four-wheeler," senior superintendent of police, Raipur, Mukesh Gupta said.

Gupta said, "On getting information about the incident, SHO Mohdapara, B K Pandey, rushed to the spot and took Jaggi, who received bullet injuries on the right side of the chest, to medical college hospital where he was declared dead."

Since Pandey was the first person to reach the spot, he filed a first information report (FIR) himself, Gupta said.

Jaggi's son Satish, meanwhile, in a report to the police alleged Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and his son Amit were "behind the murder", according to NCP spokesman Pramod Choubey.

"Satish has said Jogi did not like Jaggi's association with Shukla and on May 11 the Chief Minister had threatened his (Satish's) father with dire consequences," Choubey said.

Satish has demanded that his report should be treated as an FIR, Choubey added.

Inspector general (IG), Raipur, Ram Niwas, however said since the SHO's report was registered first, it will be the FIR and Satish's report will be attached with that. As per the rules, the second report cannot be accepted as an FIR, Niwas added.

The NCP has called an emergency meeting of the party following the incident.

PTI