India, Aug. 4 -- JMM supremo and former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren passed away, his son Hemant Soren announced on Monday. The JMM leader was 81.

Soren was on ventilator support and was receiving treatment at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for over a month. He was hospitalised in the last week of June with a kidney-related issue.

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