Former District Superintendent of Methodist Church, Belagavi Prabhakar Shadrach died due to illness in Poland on Friday. He was 68.

Rev Shadrach was suffering with throat cancer. He served for nine years as the head of the Methodist Church in Belagavi. His last rites will be performed in Poland in the afternoon on Saturday (Today).

Rev Shadrach is survived by wife, a son and two daughters. He was known for leading the Methodist Church fearlessly amid a few controversies pertaining to the land surrounding Methodist Church.