Bengaluru Deputy Mayor passes away due to cardiac arrest

Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru Ramila Umashankar passed away on Friday due to a cardiac arrest, reported news agency ANI.

44-year-old Umashankar, a leader of Janata Dal (Secular), was also a corporator from Kaveripura ward of Karnataka.

She was elected as the Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru on September 28, 2018, the report said.

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Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy expressed shock over Umashankar`s demise.

The Chief Minister remembered Umashankar as a "dedicated social worker and committed party worker. "It is shocking to learn that she is no more with us," he said in a statement.