India, Dec. 26 -- Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswabandhu Sen passed away on Friday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bengaluru after a prolonged illness. He was 72.

Sen had been under medical care for several months. According to doctors, he had earlier undergone a decompressive craniotomy in Tripura following a left thalamocapsular bleed with intraventricular extension.

After being shifted to Aster CMI Hospital in Bengaluru, he was placed on ventilator support with stable vital signs. A subsequent CT scan revealed hydrocephalus and raised intracranial pressure, necessitating an emergency right frontal external ventricular drain placement along with a tracheostomy.

Though his family had earlier stated that h...