Former railway minister and Congress veteran C K Jaffer Sharief died on Sunday afternoon following a brief illness. He was 87.During the 1995 Jafar Sharif, during his visit as Joint Minister, Jafar Sharif was charged with corruption for taking government employees along to London. The government suffered a loss of seven lakh rupees, but in November 2012 the case was dismissed against them.

About Ck Jafar Sharif:

• CK Jafar Sharif was born on 3 November 1933 in Chalakadurga Challakarere. His political career remained nearly 50 years old.
• Sharif, former prime minister of Bengaluru North and Bengaluru rural Lok Sabha constituencies, PV Narasimha Rao was the Railway Minister from 1991 to 1995 in the Government of Rao. During his stay as railway minister, the uniGej project was started.
• Jaffer Sharif, the Congress's big face in Karnataka, was active in politics since Indira Gandhi's time.
• Sharif was elected Lok Sabha member seven times from the Northern Seat. They were counted among Indira Gandhi's confidante leaders.