J. Sandeep Rao Jadhav (40), Director of Mysore City Sri Shivachathrapathi Co-Operative Society Ltd., a photographer and a resident of J.C. Nagar, passed away on Sunday morning at a private hospital in city, following brief illness.

He leaves behind his wife, a son, parents, sisters and a host of relatives and friends.

Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill on Sunday night.