Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away, announces his son Abhijit Mukherjee.
Earlier on Monday, condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee declined on and he suffered a septic shock due to his lung infection, the Army's Research and Referral Hospital said.
Doctors attending on the 84-year-old Mukherjee said he continues to be in a deep coma and is on ventilator support.
Mukherjee is being managed by a team of specialists, they added.
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