Veteran Communist leader Comrade Govind Pansare passes away

Veteran Communist Party of India leader Govind Pansare, who was shot at earlier this week, died at a hospital in Mumbai late Friday night after he was airlifted for treatment to the city on Friday evening from Kolhapur. He was 82.

Pansare, a prominent anti-toll protester, was shot at along with his wife in Kolhapur on Monday while they were taking a morning walk. After undergoing surgery at a hospital in Kolhapur immediately after the shooting, Pansare was flown to Mumbai and was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital, where he succumbed during treatment.

RED SALUTE TO COMRADE GOVIND PANSARE