Veteran Left leader Samir Putatundu dies following prolonged illness

KOLKATA: (Jan 12) Veteran Left leader Samir Putatundu died at a private hospital in Kolkata following prolonged illness.

Putatundu was 74 and survived by his wife, Anuradha.

He had been unwell for quite some time and breathed his last around 11.15 pm on Sunday, an official of the private hospital in Mukundapur, where he was admitted, said.