One-day State mourning; Last rites today at Bellada Bagewadi in Belagavi
Bengaluru: Minister Umesh Katti died of a heart attack late last night. He was 61 and was in charge of the Forest, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Departments.
According to family sources, the Minister collapsed in the bathroom of his Dollars Colony home. He was then rushed to M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, where he breathed his last. A record eight-time Legislator from Belagavi district, Katti held several Ministerial posts.
Dr. Aruna Ramesh, head of Emergency Services at Ramaiah Hospital, said the Minister suffered a massive heart attack. “He was brought in at 10.30 pm. He was unconscious, wasn’t breathing and did not have a pulse. As a routine, it is considered a cardiac arrest. Despite all our efforts, we could not revive him. At 11.40 pm, we declared him dead,” she said.
Katti’s body was airlifted from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport in Bengaluru to Belagavi this noon after a five-hour wait. The body was kept in an ambulance at the Airport. The flight later landed at Sambra Airport in Belagavi.
The delay was due to the late arrival of the special flight from Hyderabad due to extreme weather conditions. Katti’s wife Sheela, daughter, son and brother and former MP Ramesh Katti accompanied the mortal remains in the special flight.
The State Government has announced one-day mourning as a mark of respect to the departed soul and a State funeral has been announced with the arrangements being made for the last rites at Katti’s farmhouse in Bellada Bagewadi in Hukkeri taluk of Belagavi. The mortal remains will be laid to rest today next to the grave of his parents. All procedures will be done after the public viewing till 2 pm at Sankeshwara.
The Belagavi district administration has declared a holiday for schools and colleges today. Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil has announced a holiday for educational institutions in keeping with the protocol.
I did not know that there is a colony called ‘Dollars Colony’ in Bangalore! Does it mean that Indian expatriates in Western countries, used USDs to buy plots and construct houses there?
I bet this Dollars Colony is congested with cars, and hence no room to take a walk!
I do not blame them as Indian Rupees is as much worth as a waste piece of newspaper!
Poor guy died at 61, a relatively young age, RIP.
But looking at him, it is clear he had obesity issues, just like Javeed Nayeem , who often boasts that he is a cardiologist, looks obese, and had angioplasty done. Nayeem writes about inviting people who are in the news, to his home and giving them kebabs and samosas! That explains , his heart problems!!
This minister-the name indicates, he was a Lingayat from the N/Karnataka-hence, was made a minister in the Lingayat government of the Lingayat Bommai, who also looks full and rotund. Must be consuming fried food in ghee!
The arid Lingayat-rich communities of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh regions , joined Old Mysore in the ill-fated Karnataka integration to bring the Lingayat crowd in . That was done by Nijalingappa, then CM, to neutralise the influence of Gowdas.
At least Gowda CMs like Kengal Hanumanthaiah, though corrupt improved Old Mysore.
CMs like Yedi, the RSS Cheddi and moustached Bommai are Lingayats, rule as Lingayat Samrajya , thanks to saffron clad Lingayat seers like Suttur Seer, who are not spiritual men, but politicos!!
A khangress castiest cauldron gutter spotted that as per vatican jihadi agenda devoted to creat division among hindus. These elements must be booked and prisoner for life.
@guha
You are just an uneducated moron-look at your post, you need to go to school again. You have such a small brain. and with no brain cells!
The truth is this Karnataka of 2022 is ruled by Lingayats mainly from N.Karnataka as the CMs. Al, other communities are brushed aside.