Shiv Sena MLA From Mumbai Dies During Family Vacation In Dubai

Ramesh Latke was a two-time Shiv Sena legislator from Andheri East Assembly constituency in Mumbai.

Mumbai: Shiv Sena MLA from Mumbai, Ramesh Latke, died of a cardiac arrest in Dubai. He was 52.

“Ramesh Latke died late night on Wednesday in Dubai, where he had gone with his family on a vacation,”  Ramesh Latke was a two-time Sena legislator from Andheri East assembly constituency in Mumbai. Prior to his becoming an MLA, Latke was also a corporator in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC.

His body will likely to be brought back to Mumbai today

“We have informed Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and other senior party leaders about initiating the procedure to bring back his body. We hope that the body would be brought back on Thursday,” the Sena functionary informed.

Expressing grief over Latke’s death, party spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi remembered him for his work during the pandemic and his connect with the people from his constituency.