Who was spiritual leader Bhaiyyuji Maharaj, who shot himself dead?
Self-styled spiritual leader Bhaiyyuji Maharaj, whose real name was Uday Singh Deshmukh, was a former model and was offered a Madhya Pradesh ministerial post this year. He mediated between Anna Hazare and the UPA government during Lokpal bill agitation in 2011. The 50-year-old, who shot himself dead today, travelled in a Mercedes and was rarely seen without his Rolex watch.