CM Naveen Patnaik to return to Odisha after completion of last rites of sister Geeta Mehta

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to return to Odisha after completion of last rites of elder sister Geeta Mehta, said reliable reports.

Eminent author Geeta Mehta passed away in Delhi on September 16. She was the daughter of legendary leader Biju Patnaik and sister of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. She passed away at the age of 80 in her residence in Delhi.

Geeta Mehta was an eminent author, documentary film maker and journalist. She was married to renowned American publisher late Sonny Mehta.

Born in 1943 to Biju Patnaik and Gyan Patnaik in Delhi, she had her education in India and University of Cambridge, UK. She had a number of books such as Karma Cola, Snake and ladders, A River Sutra, Raj and The Eternal Ganesha.