B S Malviya, a resident of Pipalia village in Budhni area, died of swine flu, for which he had tested positive, District Chief Medical and Health Officer (CM&HO) R K Gupta said.
His death came merely a day ahead of the Sehore civic body corporators' indefinite hunger strike which is set to protest the outbreak of swine flu in the district.
Four more patients suffering from H1NI are being treated in different hospitals of the district, sources said.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been elected to the state Legislative Assembly from Budhni.