VHP national secretary dead

PUNE, APRIL 2. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) national secretary, Mr. Madhavrao Banahatti, died here today of cardiac arrest. He was 80.

Mr. Banahatti, who hailed from Banahatti village in Karnataka, was staying with his brother and was under treatment for heart ailment.

A ``Pracharak'' since 1946, Mr. Banahatti, had worked for almost 30 years in Bengal and later for six years in Mauritius and the African countries.

- UNI

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