Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru passes away at 44

Bengaluru: Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru, Ramila Umashankar passed away on Friday due to a cardiac arrest. She was 44.

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

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

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

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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. (ANI)

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