Former AIADMK Minister P V Damodaran passes away

Former Tamil Nadu minister and senior AIADMK leader P V Damodaran passed away at the age of 70 at a private hospital in Coimbatore on Tuesday after a brief illness.

Coimbatore: Former Tamil Nadu minister and senior AIADMK leader P V Damodaran died at a private hospital here on Tuesday after a brief illness, party and hospital sources said.

Damodaran, 70, had represented Pongalur assembly constituency in the district and was the animal husbandry minister in the Jayalalithaa cabinet during 2001-06.

He is survived by wife.

The leader was admitted to the hospital a month ago with symptoms of COVID-19 but had tested negative.

However, he was undergoing treatment for age related illness and breathed his last following multiple organ failure, hospital sources said.

PTI Report