"The news of the demise of Aruna Shanbaug is extremely painful. One feels as if one has lost a family member.
"The incident of the brutal attack on Aruna Shanbaug that forced her to live in a vegetative state for all these years was heart wrenching for the entire society. May her soul rest in eternal peace," the Governor said in a condolence message.
Shanbaug (66) had been in a vegetative state for the past 42 years after being brutally sexually assaulted at the KEM Hospital by a ward boy.
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