Pravin Mahajan dies of brain haemmorage

MUMBAI: Pravin Mahajan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing brother-BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, died in a Thane hospital on Wednesday evening, family sources said.

Pravin Mahajan had been admitted to the Jupiter hospital in December 2009 following a brain haemorrhage and had been in coma since then.

He had been put on life support system and was struggling for life but failed to recover at the Hospital where he was admitted, a close aide of the family said. However, hospital authorities did not issue any official word on the developments and most family members also declined to comment.

In a dramatic murder that shocked the country, Pravin Mahajan had killed his elder brother Pramod Mahajan on April 22, 2006 in his Mumbai home. The high-profile BJP leader succumbed to his wounds 12 days later on May 3.

Pravin Mahajan was sentenced to life by a sessions court for fratricide on Dec 18, 2007. He was released on 14-day parole on November 27, 2009 after three-and-a-half years in prison and was supposed to return to prison when he suffered the stroke and was hospitalized.