Kushalnagar: S.N. Rajarao (68), former Kodagu Zilla Panchayat President and a resident of Heggadahalli village in Koodige Gram Panchayat limits, passed away following a heart attack at a private hospital in Mysuru on Monday night.

He leaves behind his wife, three sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and friends.

Rajarao had also served as Koodige Gram Panchayat President, President of Social Justice Standing Committee and Kodagu Zilla Panchayat President, where he had served for more than three decades.

He had also served as the President of Basavanahalli Multipurpose Tribal Co-operative Society, Director of Koodige Agriculture Co-operative Society and was the Member of Virajpet taluk’s Akrama Sakrama Committee.

Last rites were held at the family’s farm land in Seegehosur yesterday, according to family sources.