Lucknow, Sept. 25 -- A 35-year-old regional bank manager from Lucknow died after allegedly shooting himself inside his car while travelling from Uttar Pradesh's Badlapur to Jaunpur on Thursday, police said.

The deceased, originally from Gudamba in Lucknow, was living in Jaunpur's Van Vihar.

Additional superintendent of police (rural) Atish Kumar Singh said the man was travelling in his Tata Sierra when he allegedly shot himself near the highway at around 8.30pm on Thursday.

The gunshot left him critically injured, following which the vehicle came to a halt. "On receiving information, police reached the spot and broke open the car window to rescue him. He was taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead," Singh said.

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