Cartoonist Ajit Ninan passed away aged 68 at his home in Mysuru on Friday. "I think it's a cardiac arrest," a family member said. Ninan was best known for the 'Centrestage' series in India Today magazine and 'Ninan's World' in Times of India. He was behind the creation of the popular cartoon character 'Detective Moochhwala' in the children's magazine 'Target'.