Poetry legend Gopal Das Neeraj passed away at the AIIMS trauma centre on Thursday. He was 93. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Neeraj had suffered a head injury in a fall at home in Agra and was undergoing treatment at a hospital there, said Dr Rajesh Malhotra, chief of the AIIMS trauma centre."

"He was shifted to the trauma centre on Wednesday night in a critical condition. He had kidney failure, infection all over his body and a head injury. He passed away yesterday at around 7.30pm," he said.