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Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti dies of cardiac arrest

By Prabhat Jani

Sept 2022

Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti  died due to cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday  night

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The minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs and forest was 61-years-old.

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According to sources, Katti collapsed in the bathroom of his Dollar's Colony residence here and was rushed to the hospital.

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State revenue minister R Ashoka said according to doctors, Katti had no pulse when he was brought to the hospital.

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He termed Katti's death a huge loss to the BJP and to the Belagavi district.

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Born in Belladbagewadi in Hukkeri taluk of Belagavi district, Katti was eight-time MLA from Hukkeri assembly constituency.

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He entered politics following the demise of his father Vishwanath Katti in 1985.

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