Veteran CPI(M) leader Nirupam Sen passes away at 72

Veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and former West Bengal minister Nirupam Sen passed away in Kolkata on Monday aged 72. Sen was suffering from neurological and kidney related ailments and reportedly passed away following a cardiac arrest. Sen had handled the industrial reconstruction, planning and power portfolios in West Bengal under the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya cabinet in 2001.