VYPIN: Former MLA and Congress(S) state vice president VK Babu(62) passed away on Monday. He had been undergoing treatment for paralysis for the last several months. Funeral will take place at the Cherai public cemetery on Tuesday morning.

Babu became an MLA from the then Njarakkal constituency by defeating Congress' KK Ananthakumar in a by-election in 1992. He had also served as Guruvayur Devaswom Board member and Shoranur Metal Industries chairman. He is survived by wife Susheela and daughters Abhaya and Anakha.