Former Local Administration
Minister of Puducherry A Elumalai succumbed to COVID-19 in centrally administered JIPMER on Wednesday.
Elumalai (53) had tested positive for the infection and was admitted to JIPMER on Tuesday, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar told PTI.
Elumalai is survived by wife and three sons.
He was Local Administration Minister in the Congress Ministry headed by the then Chief Minister N Rangasamy in 2001.
Elumalai was also chairman of the Puducherry Agro Services andIndustrial Corporation (PASIC) run by the territorial government.
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