RUPANDEHI: Mayor of Lumbini Sanskritik municipality, Sajaruddin Musalman, passed away at 9:00 am this morning due to a cardiac arrest.

He had been long battling with heart disease, according to the family source. He was 73. His last rites will be conducted at a local Kabristan (Maqbara) at 5:00 pm today as per family traditions, according to municipality coordinator Tulsiram Lamichhane.

Musalman was elected to the post of mayor representing the Nepali Congress.