Maharashtra Ex-deputy CM R.R. Patil is Dead

Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, who was diagnosed with cancer recently, is dead, a party spokesperson said here Monday.

MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, who was diagnosed with cancer recently, is dead, a party spokesperson said here Monday.

Patil was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital a couple of months ago and had undergone surgery for cancer, said Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state spokesperson Nawab Malik.