In a shocking development, Puneeth Rajkumar, son of legendary actor Rajkumar passed away today in Bengaluru due to heart attack. Puneeth complained of chest pain at 11AM while working in a gym and he was rushed to a nearby hospital. Later he was shifted to Vikram hospital for better treatment.
Doctors revealed that he suffered massive heart attack and he was serious and they were monitoring his situation. Even as this is going on news about his death spread like a wildfire. Turning the worst feats into a reality, doctors issued a statement which said “Mr. Puneeth Rajkumar aged 46 years was brought to the emergency department of Vikram Hospital with a history of chest pain at 11:40 am, he was non-responsive and was in Cardiac Asystole and Advanced cardiac resuscitation has been initiated"
46 year old Puneeth was known as Appu and Power Star in Sandalwood. Film fraternity from across the country expressed their shock and offered condolences. Chiranjeevi who is close to Rajkumar's family said "Shocking ,devastating & heartbreaking! #PuneethRajkumar gone too soon. Broken heart
Rest in Peace! My deepest sympathies and tearful condolences to the family. A huge loss to the Kannada / Indian film fraternity as a whole.Strength to all to cope with this tragic loss"