Mysore/Mysuru: Nirmala Raghu (45), wife of D. Devaraj Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation Chairman R. Raghu (Kautilya), passed away in the wee hours of today at a Private Hospital in city following a heart attack.

She leaves behind her husband, one daughter, one son and a host of relatives and friends.

Last rites were performed at the family’s farm land at Koodanahalli, opposite Mysore Airport at Mandakalli on Nanjangud Road this afternoon, according to family sources.