Nirbhay Pal Sharma was an Indian politician and member of the

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of India. Sharma represented the

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constituency of Uttar Pradesh (which is now called Behat (Assembly constituency)) and was a member of the BJP political party. Sharma was murdered on 5 November 2000 at his residence in

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Personal life

Nirbhay Pal Sharma was born in

Political career

Nirbhay Pal Sharma had been in active politics since 1970s. He was a MLA for three terms. During the

and the

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he was a member of the Indian National Congress whereas during the 13th Legislative Assembly he was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Murder

On 5 November 2000, Sharma's residence in Officers Colony in

was attacked by armed assailants allegedly belonging to the

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tribe. Five held for BJP MLA's murder, Times Of India, Dec 12, 2000
/ref> Allegedly the attackers remained at his residence for 30 minutes and killed Sharma. It was also alleged that Nirbhay Sharma had called the police but the police did not respond on time.

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