Actor and Politician JK Ritheesh passed away due to cardiac arrest

On Saturday, Actor and former Ramanathapuram MP JK Ritheesh passed away due to cardiac arrest. He was 46 years old. He lived with his wife and two sons.

As per reports, Ritheesh was campaigning for BJP's Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha candidate Nainar Nagendran when he suffered from a heart attack.

Recently, JK Ritheesh was acted in the LKG film as politician. His first film was Kaanal Neer directed by Chinni Jayanth. His second film was Nayagan.

He was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ritheesh moved to Rameswaram in 1976. He became an DMK MP from Ramanathapuram in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections.

He quit the DMK party in 2014 and then joined AIADMK in the same year.