Hero Cycles founder Om Prakash Munjal passes away

Om Prakash Munjal, founder and co-Chairman of Hero Cycles, and a leading industrialist passed away in Ludhiana on Thursday. He was 87.

Munjal breathed his last in the DMC Hero Heart Centre, his family said. He is survived by a son and four daughters.

Known as the father of the cycle industry in Ludhiana, Munjal was under treatment at the hospital for past few days.

Munjal's cremation will take place on Friday in the Model Town Extension Cremation ground in Ludhiana.