Kottayam: Advocate Prince Lukose, state general secretary of the Kerala Congress (Joseph), passed away while returning to Kottayam from Velankanni with his family on a train.

He was 53. According to initial reports, he suffered a heart attack.

The incident happened on Monday morning when the train reached Tenkasi. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but could not be saved.

Lukose was the UDF candidate from Ettumanoor in the last assembly election. He was the son of OV Lukose, one of the founding leaders of the Kerala Congress.