AGARTALA, March 2 (TIWN): Tripura's incumbent Minister Khagendra Jamatia, who died today at Delhi AIIMS hospital, his dead body will be back in state on Sunday.

Fisheries and Cooperative Minister Khagendra Jamatia was 64, was suffering from cancer following serious disease since few days, which turned into cancer.

Jamatia, as Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) nominee, was elected to the state assembly six times from Krishnapur (reserved for the tribals) assembly constituency in western Tripura's Khowai district and also seeking re-election from the same constituency in the February 18 polls.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and the CPI-M have condoled the death.