Dara Singh passes away

July 12, 2012 09:03

Dara Singh died of a cardiac respiratory arrest around 7.30 am. He had been taken off the ventilator on Wednesday night.

Singh was the Commonwealth wrestling champion in 1968 and a Rajya Sabha member from 2003 to 2009.

His last rites will be conducted in Mumbai at 2 pm.

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