Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Jharkhand Education-Linked Minister Dies, Marking Third Loss Since 2023
Jharkhand minister Sudivya Kumar has died after suffering cardiac arrest.
He was responsible for Higher and Technical Education.
Kumar was also a close aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
His death is the third involving a minister connected to education since 2023.
Jagarnath Mahto died in 2023 after long-term health problems.
Ramdas Soren died in 2025 after a serious injury from a fall.
Kumar’s death is also the fourth death of a serving minister in the state government since 2019.
The report says there is no known connection between these deaths.
Higher and Technical Education Minister Sudivya Kumar died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Giridih on Sunday.
Kumar, 56, was a JMM leader and close aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
School Education and Literacy Minister Ramdas Soren died on August 15, 2025, after suffering a serious brain injury in a fall.
Jagarnath Mahto, who also held the School Education and Literacy portfolio, died on April 6, 2023, after prolonged health complications.
Kumar’s death is the fourth death of a serving minister in the Hemant Soren-led government since 2019; the report says no known connection exists among the deaths.
- Who
- Sudivya Kumar, Jharkhand’s Higher and Technical Education Minister and a JMM leader, died; the report also names Jagarnath Mahto and Ramdas Soren.
- What
- Kumar died of cardiac arrest, becoming the third education-linked minister in Jharkhand to die since 2023.
- When
- Kumar died on Sunday; the report is dated September 6, while Ramdas Soren died on August 15, 2025, and Jagarnath Mahto on April 6, 2023.
- Where
- Kumar died at a private hospital in Giridih, Jharkhand.
- Why
- The report says Kumar died of cardiac arrest and identifies no known connection among the ministers’ deaths.
- Minister who died
- Sudivya Kumar, Higher and Technical Education Minister
- Age
- 56
- Cause of death
- Cardiac arrest
- Location of death
- A private hospital in Giridih
- Earlier education-linked death
- Jagarnath Mahto died on April 6, 2023, after prolonged health complications linked to lung damage from COVID-19.
- Most recent earlier death
- Ramdas Soren died on August 15, 2025, after suffering a serious brain injury in a fall.
- Total serving-minister deaths since 2019
- Four in the Hemant Soren-led government, according to the report.