Puneeth Rajkumar dies: Actor had donated his eyes, security beefed up across Karnataka

Popular Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar, son of Kannada cinema legend Rajkumar, handed away on the age of 46 following a large coronary heart assault on Friday. Consequently, security has been beefed up across Karnataka. The Hospital mentioned in an announcement, "Puneeth Rajkumar was brought to Vikram Hospital today with diagnosis of heart attack with ECG done by a family doctor. At the time of arrival to the emergency, the patient was non-responsive and was in cardiac asystole. Immediate adv cardiac life support measures were initiated for resuscitation. In spite of prolonged advanced &aggressive measures,patient continued to be non-responsive& asystolic. Panel of medical experts extended all efforts to save him. He was declared dead at 2.30pm."

Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Karnataka Congress President D.Okay. Shivakumar, and former Union minister S.M. Krishna expressed their condolences on the premature demise of Puneeth.

According to household sources, Puneeth suffered a coronary heart assault whereas figuring out at a health club. Immediately he was shifted to Vikram Hospital. Dr Ranganath Nayak acknowledged that his situation was crucial when he was delivered to the hospital. But the efforts of docs to revive him went in useless.

Puneeth's well being worsened on Thursday night however he didn't go to a physician. He went to the health club within the morning and developed chest ache. He was taken to a personal clinic the place ECG was completed. During test up, his situation worsened and he was rushed to Vikram Hospital, the place he succumbed to cardiac arrest.

Puneeth had donated his eyes. He is survived by spouse Ashwini and daughters Vanditha and Dhruthi.

Security has been beefed up all across the state together with state capital Bengaluru to handle the state of affairs. The Kannada movie trade has come to a grinding halt and all film reveals have been cancelled within the state.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant has reached the residence of Puneeth at Sadashivanagar. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Kannada actor Puneeth's elder brother Shivarajkumar are additionally anticipated to handle the media shortly.

Puneeth was born on March 17, 1975 and was fondly often known as 'Appu'. He was additionally a singer, tv presenter and producer. He acted in additional than 29 movies and has additionally appeared in lots of movies as a toddler artiste. He gained the National Film Award for Best Child Artiste for his function in 'Bettada Hoovu'. He made his debut within the Kannada movie trade with the film 'Appu' in 2002.

(With IANS inputs)