Funeral of Ex- Dy CM of Maharashtra R R Patil to be held today

Former Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil’s last rites will be performed today in Mumbai.

His funeral will take place today

His funeral will take place today

Patil died yesterday due to multi-organ failure at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. He was 57 and was suffering from Oral Cancer.

Last month he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai in critical condition. Later he showed signs of improvement after his initial treatment and was taken off life support in January, but he succumbed to the disease on February 16. He is survived by wife and a daughter.

Raosaheb Ramrao Patil was the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party’s Maharashtra unit and NCP legislative party in Maharashtra.

On November 1, 2004, he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He also served as the Home Minister of Maharashtra, until he was forced to resign over his comment on 26/11 Mumbai Attacks.

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