By PTI | Posted 2 hoursPuducherry: Sripad Deshpande, organising secretary of Puducherry state unit of BJP died of cardiac arrest on Sunday. Deshpande had been appointed as the organising secretary of the Puducherry unit of the BJP last year. A release from BJP's media wing said Deshpande was on his routine stroll in the precincts of residential quarters in JIPMER last night and suddenly developed chest pain. He was rushed to JIPMER hospital where he collapsed despite intensive treatment early this morning. He is survived by his wife and a 15-year-old daughter.

Source: Mid-Day June 19, 2016 11:48 UTC