V Srinivasan, Husband of PT Usha, Passes Away at 67

Kozhikode: V Srinivasan, husband of legendary athlete and Indian Olympic Association President Dr. P T Usha, passed away in the early hours of Friday, at the age of 67. He reportedly collapsed at their residence in Thikkodi Perumalpuram around 1.00 AM and was immediately transported to a private hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Dr. PT Usha, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, was attending a parliamentary session in Delhi at the time and is currently travelling back to Kerala. Srinivasan, a former national Kabaddi player and retired Deputy SP with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), was widely recognised as the primary pillar of support throughout Usha's illustrious sporting and political career. The son of Narayanan and Sarojini of the Vengali tharavad in Ponnani, he married Usha in 1991 and is survived by his wife and their son, Dr. Vignesh Ujjwal.