Chamarajanagar: H.S. Gangadhar (59), an Accounts Officer at Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Office and a resident of Ramasamudra Housing Board Colony, passed away yesterday afternoon following a massive heart attack.

Son of senior journalist late H.V. Sathyanarayan, he leaves behind his wife, one son, brother H.S. Chandrashekar (a journalist) and a host of relatives and friends.

Last rites were held at Devanga community burial grounds on Nanjangud Road this morning, according to family sources.