Karnataka's cooperation minister Mahadeva Prasad dies following heart attack

BENGALURU: Karnataka cooperation minister H S Mahadeva Prasad was found dead in a resort in Chikkamagaluru district on Tuesday morning. He was 58 years old.

He reportedly suffered a heart attack on Monday night. When he did not come out of his room in the morning and failed to answer calls, his gunmen and personal staff got the door opened at 8:30 am



and found him dead.

The minister had gone to Chikkamagaluru to attend a private function at Koppa town. A close aide of chief minister Siddaramaiah, Mahadeva Prasad was a five time member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly by winning the Gundlupet assembly constituency. He was currently the in-charge minister of Chamarajnagar district.