Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (AM)
Bengaluru, May 15: Former underworld don and social activist Muthappa Rai, passed away on Friday, May 15. He was 68.
He passed away at 2 am after failing to respond to treatment at Manipal Hospital here in Bengaluru.
Rai was admitted to the hospital for treatment on April 30 as he was suffering with serious illness. After suffering from cancer for two years, his condition had recently worsened. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2018.
Earlier during the year, the Jaya Karnataka party chief had hinted at retirement from active social life. Clarifying on the multiple rumours on his health conditions, Rai told media that he was diagnosed with brain cancer but has been living miraculously on will power.
He had told that he had chosen to retire from an active social and philanthropic life. He had also revealed that he has already resigned from Jaya Karnataka organization of which he was the founder president. “I have resigned for the post of President, Karnataka Athletics Association and I have also appointed a new president to the Jaya Karnataka organization,” he had told.
Muthappa Rai had got married to Anuradha in 2018 which was his second marriage. His first wife Rekha Rai had died in 2013.