Retired Colonel Magod died of heart attack; Kargil war hero denied state funeral with honours

Retired Colonel Magod Ravindranath, who was pivotal in Operation Vijay in the Kargil War, died in Bengaluru on Sunday morning. As tributes poured in, a large section of people demanded that he be given a state funeral, with full honours. But it all fell on deaf ears with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah not breaking silence. He reportedly suffered a heart attack while he was jogging at a park near his residence in Jayanaga 7th Block.