ELECTION 99
US EDITION
COLUMNISTS
DIARY
SPECIALS
INTERVIEWS
CAPITAL BUZZ
REDIFF POLL
DEAR REDIFF
THE STATES
YEH HAI INDIA!
ELECTIONS
ARCHIVES

Search Rediff

Former Maharashtra minister Patrawala dead

Newly-elected Congress MLA and noted Supreme Court lawyer Marzaban Patrawala died following a massive cardiac arrest in Bombay this morning.

He was 52. He leaves behind wife Dinaz and a teenaged son.

Patrawala, who had won the prestigious Colaba assembly segment of the Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency, died after a massive heart attack at his residence in Khusro Baug at Colaba, family sources said.

At 1000 hours today, he attended a meeting of the Parsi Panchayat and when he reached home an hour later he complained of uneasiness and chest pain. Soon after, he suffered a massive cardiac arrest. Doctors on arrival pronounced him dead.

His mortal remains will be taken to the Tower of Silence later in the evening, family sources said.

UNI

Tell us what you think of this report