Ex-Maharashtra minister Tukaram Dighole dies

Former Maharashtra minister Tukaram Dighole died here following a brief illness early on Saturday, family sources said. He was 77.

Dighole breathed his last at a private hospital in the wee hours, they said. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

Dighole represented Sinnar Assembly constituency in Nashik between 1985 and 1999. He was Minister of State for Power and Rural Development in the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance government in the state from 1995-1999. He was a Shiv Sena MLA at that time.

He was former director of Nashik District Central Co- operative (NDCC) Bank and former chairman of Nashik Co- operative Sugar Factory here..