BJP Leader Shot Dead In UP's Amethi District Jan 26, 2021, 13:49 IST Jageshwar Verma’s son accused the current village pradhan’s family of killing his father over political rivalry as the 64-year-old was about to contest the village pradhan election in two months. Verma had won the election in 2005 and 2015. Amethi: A BJP leader was found shot dead in Amethi district’s Mohanganj police station area on Monday. He was identified as 64-year-old Jageshwar Verma, a member of the BJP district working committee and a former pradhan of Ramai village. Sixty-four-year-old BJP leader Jageshwar Verma was found shot dead in the Ramai village in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district on Monday.