Leicester’s Diwali lights could be dimmed temporarily to mark the passing of a Labour city councillor who died suddenly at the weekend. Mo Chohan, who represented the Belgrave area of the city, is believed to have suffered a heart attack at home on Saturday.
Friends and colleagues said they were stunned by the 65-year-old married father-of-five’s death. Leicester East MP Keith Vaz has suggested the Belgrave Road's Diwali lights should be dimmed shortly after they are switched on as a mark of respect. The Golden Mile lights are to switched on next Sunday. A book of condolence has been opened for people to leave tributes. It is at the party office at 123 Belgrave Road, where Mr Vaz and Coun Chohan worked together and shared a surgery. Mr Vaz said: “I am devastated and saddened by this news. It’s a terrible shock. Mo Chohan was the voice of Belgrave. An icon of the local community. It is for those reasons that he was genuinely adored by local people. Thousands of local people had their lives transformed by the selfless work that he did for them.“
