Nimhans wants Jyoti Basu\’s \’agile\’ brain

NEW DELHI - The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences(Nimhans), Bangalore, Wednesday said they would like to study the brain of late Marxist leader Jyoti Basu as he was \”very agile\” even in his last days.

\”Jyoti Basu was 95 when he passed away, yet until the last moment he was very agile. Therefore we would like to study his brain for research,\” D. Nagaraja, director of Nimhans, said here.

Basu died Sunday at the age of 95 after battling multiple illnesses. He donated his body for the use of medical science and, after a state funeral, it was handed over to a hospital in Kolkata