KANCHANPUR: Senior Madhesi leader Panchu Prasad Gupta of Rajbiraj Municipality-7 in Saptari district has passed away on Thursday. He was 72.

Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal Senior Vice Chairman Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav, Joint General Secretary Jaya Prakash Thakur, Central Members Dipendra Chaudhary and Biseshwor Rajak, District Coordinator Sunil Kumar Jha among other members paid final tribute to Gupta at his residence yesterday.

A long time diabetes patient, Gupta was cremated on the bank of the Saptakoshi River yesterday itself.

He was also a central member of an industrial chamber aligned to Rastriya Janata Party.