Known for wearing kilos of gold jewellery, the Golden Baba died at All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday night. Sudhir Kumar Makkar, alias 'Golden Baba' was hospitalised for some ‘serious illness’ in mid-May this year.
The baba, despite having many criminal cases against him, earned wide media attention for undertaking annual pilgrimage Kanwar Yatra along with his entourage, including several macho bodyguards and luxury cars.
Makkar earned fame as 'Golden Baba' for always being adorned in gold ornaments, weighing several killos and worth millions of rupees. The ‘Golden Baba’ started wearing gold in 1972, when it was less expensive. Initially he wore around 40 grams of gold which gradually increased in several kilograms.
He was last seen wearing 14 kilos of gold during the annual pilgrimage Kanwar Yatra in 2019.