Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passed away in Pune on Wednesday after a brief illness, family sources said. He died at a Pune Hospital at the age of 89.

According to sources, Nilangekar had recently tested coronavirus positive but recovered and was discharged after testing negative.

The senior Congress leader from Latur in Marathwada region, had served as Maharashtra Chief Minister from June 1985 to March 1986.

He resigned from the post when the Bombay High Court passed strictures against him after fraud was alleged in the results of the MD examination in 1985 "at his behest" to help his daughter and her friend get through.