Veteran politician Umesh Katti passes away at 61

Umesh Vishwanath Katti, Karnataka's Minister for Food and Civil Supplies and Forest and Ecology, passed away in Bengaluru late on Tuesday night.

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The 61-year-old BJP leader died in a private hospital following a massive heart attack.

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His family sources said he had suffered heart attacks twice in the past.

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Mr. Katti, born in 1961, was among the veteran leaders in Karnataka with nearly four decades in the Legislative Assembly.

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He had fought nine elections and won eight of them.

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