Thane, Mar 3 (PTI) Former Shiv Sena MLA Suryakant Desai died on Friday at the age of 95 in Dombivali in Maharashtra's Thane district, his kin said.

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He was elected from Parel Assembly seat in central Mumbai in 1995.

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Desai complained of breathlessness and was admitted in a hospital here on Thursday and died a day later while being shifted to another hospital with ventilator facilities, a family member said.

His son said the ambulance in which he was being transported developed a snag midway and had to be pushed over some distance, adding he planned to file a police case against the hospital and ambulance provider for negligence.

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