Mystery shrouds the death of a 35-year-old man whose body with a bullet injury was found inside BJP's Vegetable Mandi office at Sakchi on Thursday afternoon.

The deceased, identified as Suraj Mishra, was found lying dead on the table in the party office with a pistol in his right hand.

A police team from the Sakchi thana rushed to the spot followed by City SP, Subhash Chandra Jat for inspection.

"Prima facie the gunshot death of the man appears to be suicidal, but we have started investigation to probe other angles too. The body is still lying at the spot. We have summoned a team of forensic science experts to carry out a scientific investigation of the case," said Jat to The Telegraph Online.

The City SP, when queried, said when a police party led by Sakchi thana OC, Kunal Kumar reached the spot he found another man was in deep slumber on the floor in the same room where Suraj was lying dead.

Jat said the incident was known after shop-keepers from adjacent shops had rushed to the BJP's office after hearing the sound of gunshot at about 2 pm.

According to the shop-keepers, the deceased would work as a "Line-taker" (in-charge) of the nearby Sitala Mandir auto-rickshaw stand and would often come to the BJP office for passing leisure time.

Police are also trying to collect CCTV camera footage to find out what time the victim entered the party office and whether anyone had come out of the office soon after the incident.

The police are also talking to the deceased's family members so as to know if there was any strong reason behind such drastic step by by the man.