 His body was kept in hospital mortuary without anybody recognising who he was and later identified by noon on 22 October 2010.He was on his way to Chennai to accept the Asan Puraskaram on Saturday, 23 October 2010.According to other news papers like "Gulf News", "Gulf Times", "The Times of India", "Haryana News" and "Indian Express", he died in a local general hospital after being found unconscious on a roadside.