Bengaluru:  Nirmala Datta (53), wife of former Kadur MLA Y.S.V. Datta, passed away yesterday in Bengaluru.

Nirmala, who was suffering from cancer, was undergoing treatment since many days and died at the hospital after failing to respond to the treatment.

The body was kept at her house in Rajajinagar for the public to pay their  last respects.

Last rites will be performed at the farm in Yagati village in Kadur taluk this evening.