Overview
- Purohit died in the early hours of January 18 at Bombay Hospital in Mumbai, with party and media reports placing the time around 3:00 am.
- He had been admitted on January 15 after his health deteriorated, according to accounts citing family and party sources.
- His remains were kept for public homage at the Rajhans Building on Marine Drive from 11 am to 1 pm, with last rites scheduled at the Sonapur Lane crematorium.
- A five-term MLA who represented Mumbadevi four times and Colaba once, he also served as Mumbai BJP president and as the party’s chief whip in the state assembly from 2014 to 2019.
- Tributes poured in from BJP leaders, with Vinod Tawde calling him a popular public representative, while coverage also noted his son Akash’s recent BMC win, reported from Ward 121 or 221.