Barwani, January 20: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manoj Thackeray was found dead here on Sunday, less than a week after Mandsaur Municipal Corporation President Prahlad Bandhwar was shot dead. Thackeray, an MLA from Balwadi, was found dead in a field in Warla police station limits.

He had gone for a morning walk today. More details of the incident are awaited. On Thursday, Bandhwar was shot at in Nai Abaadi of Mandsaur. He died on the spot. Manoj Thackeray, BJP Balwadi Leader, Found Dead in Madhya Pradesh's Warla.

A day after the incident, Manish Bairagi, a BJP worker, was arrested in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh in relation to the death of Bandhwar.