Former Chhattisgarh CM Jogi passes away

Raipur, May 29

Ajit Jogi, an IAS officer-turned-politician who went on to become the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh in 2000, died on Friday at a city hospital where he was being treated for the past 20 days, doctors said.

Jogi (74), who had slipped into coma, suffered a cardiac arrest in the afternoon and could not be revived, they said. He is survived by his wife Renu Jogi, MLA from Kota constituency, and son Amit, a former MLA.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel declared a three-day mourning in the state as a mark of respect to the departed leader, whose last rites will take place on Saturday at his native place Gaurela.

Jogi was admitted at Shree Narayana Hospital on May 9 after he suffered respiratory and cardiac arrests after a seed of sweet tamarind got stuck in his windpipe, medical director of the hospital Dr Sunil Khemka said. — PTI

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