PANDALAM: Former Pandalam MLA PK Kumaran(77) passed away on Tuesday. He had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Pandalam for lung-related ailments.

Kumaran had also served as Travancore Devaswom Board member, Pandalam Village Panchayat president and CPM Pathanamthitta district secretariat member. He was also the state vice president of the Scheduled Caste Welfare Committee and a member of the CPM Pathanamthitta district committee.

Kumaran is survived by son PK Shine Nath and daughter Shina P Kumaran.