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Veteran CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan passes away

Former secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala State Committee, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan passed away in Chennai on Saturday. He was 69.

Kodiyeri, who was also a CPI-M politburo member, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital in Chennai.

According to reports, his mortal remains will be taken to Kannur on Sunday morning.

His body will be kept at Thalassery town hall for public homage and last rites will be performed on Monday at 3 pm, local daily Mathrubhumi reported.

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Aravind Rajeev is Deputy News Editor at Asian Lite, mostly covering the Middle East and GCC. He has over eight years of experience as a journalist, with a background in ground-level reporting, crime reporting, as well as international and regional news.

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