Perriapatna: A prominent dalit leader of Periyapatna, who had sustained injuries in a road mishap on Thursday, breathed his last at JSS Hospital in Mysuru late on Thursday night.
H.M Channaiah (56), who was also a former Periyapatna Taluk Panchayat member, is the deceased. Channaiah, a resident of Pourakarmika Colony in the Town, was walking by the side of Periyapatna-Anechowkur Road on Thursday morning, when he was reportedly knocked down by a motorcyclist near Ankanahalli Gate.






