Indian ex-Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj dies of heart attack

India's former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday night after suffering from a massive cardiac arrest, media reported.

India's former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. [File Photo: AP via IC/Gemunu Amarasinghe]

Several senior leaders, including cabinet ministers and opposition leaders, reached the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where Swaraj breathed her last.

Sushma, who was born in 1952, served as external affairs minister in the first term of Narendra Modi government from 2014 to 2019.