Former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil passes away at 90

Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil passed away at his home town Latur in Maharashtra on Friday.

Patil, 90, passed away at his residence after a brief illness, family sources said.

He was a former Speaker of the Lok Sabha and held key portfolios in the Union cabinet.

Patil had won the Latur Lok Sabha seat seven times.