Bhopal, The oldest 28 year old lion in country died due to multiple organ failure at Van Vihar National Park and Zoo. Van Vihar Park's veterinarian Atul Gupta said, "Ramu's hind legs were paralysed about three months ago and it was being treated for it".

The average life span of a lion is 18 but Ramu lived for 28 years, he added.

According to the veterinarian, "the lion was rescued from Rajkamal Circus at Korba in Chhattisgarh when it was 18 years old and brought to Van Vihar, which is also an animal rescue centre here".

The feline died last night due to multiple organ failure and weakness as per the initial postmortem report.