Former fire minister Pratim Chatterjee dead

KOLKATA: Former fire services minister Pratim Chatterjee, who held the portfolio for 15 years till 2011 during the Left Front regime, passed away aged 79 on Sunday following a cardiac arrest.

Chatterjee, a widower, is survived by daughter

Kuheli Ghosh

. The breathed his last at a private hospital in

Salt Lake

around 10am.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed condolences to his family and well wishers. Chatterjee had also acted in a number of plays and films.



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