Mumbai: Senior RSS pracharak Suresh Ketkar passed away on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 84.
Ketkar passed away at Latur, where he was being treated at a local hospital, RSS sources said.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, in his condolence message, said, "We have lost a role model."
Union Minister Mahesh Sharma expressed condolence on Ketkar's death and said that he breathed his last in Maharashtra's Latur today.
राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के वरिष्ठ प्रचारक सुरेश केतकर जी ने आज सुबह लातूर में देह त्याग कर दिया।
विनम्र श्रधांजलि। pic.twitter.com/OfPmdQrHSE— Dr. Mahesh Sharma (@dr_maheshsharma) July 16, 2016