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Dalmiya passes away

Dalmiya passes away

By AGENCIES

KOLKATA: Jagmohan Dalmiya, president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), passed away at a city hospital on Sunday evening following a massive cardiac arrest. He was 75. Dalmiya was admitted to hospital three days back after he complained of chest pain. He was admitted to BM Birla Hospital on Thursday night after which he also underwent a coronary angiography. “Dalmiya died of internal gastrointestinal bleeding and internal organ failure,” hospital sources said. Dalmiya has not been keeping well for a while now and was not actively taking part in the day-to-day functioning of the BCCI. Dalmiya took over the reins of the BCCI for a second time in March, after a gap of 10 years, when he got a walkover in the elections.