Odia singer Murali Mohapatra collapses on stage during performance, dies

Bhubaneswar, October 3, 2022

Odia singer Murali Prasad Mohapatra passed away after collapsing while performing live at an event in Jeypore town of Odisha on Sunday night.

He was 59.

According to sources, Mohapatra was performing at a show organised at Rajnagar in Jeypore town of Koraput district for Durga Puja.

After singing a couple of songs, he sat on a chair on the stage and was listening to other singers, when he collapsed.

He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital but doctors there declared him dead, family sources said.

Murali's elder brother Bibhuti Prasad Mohapatra said he had been suffering from heart problems and diabetes for a long time.

Murali was known as "Khoka Bhai" (in a tribute to renowned Odia singer, late Akshaya Mohanty) of Koraput district.

IANS