LUCKNOW, July 29 -- Former Uttar Pradesh minister Nanak Deen Bhurji died after falling from the seventh floor of the New MLA Residence at Darul Shafa in Hazratganj on Tuesday, police said, adding that they are investigating the circumstances leading to the incident.

Dr GP Gupta, director of Civil Hospital, said Bhurji was brought dead. Police said it was too early to conclude whether the death was accidental or a case of suicide and that further probe was underway.

Bhurji, a resident of Khadra in Lucknow, who had been accorded the status of a minister of state in a previous Samajwadi Party government, had gone to meet Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA Hansu Ram when the incident took place, according to BJP OBC Morcha state pres...