Rangaiah (75), a retired Chief Engineer of the Irrigation Department, Mysuru and a resident of Vijayanagar 1st Stage, passed away yesterday at a private hospital in city following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife Lingamani, sons R. Nanda Kishore and R. Vijay Kumar, daughters R. Savitha and R. Sunitha and a host of relatives and friends.

Last rites were performed at Chirashantidhama in Gokulam yesterday, according to family sources.