Hyderabad: The husband of the slain Chittoor Mayor who was seriously injured in an attack by at least six persons, has succumbed to his injuries, even as the police continued a vigorous search to trace the suspects.

K Mohan, who was critically injured in yesterday's attack, succumbed to his injuries last night at Christian Medical College Hospital at Vellore in Tamil Nadu, where he was admitted, a police officer said today.