Cartoonist RK Laxman suffers stroke, hospitalised

Pune: Eminent cartoonist RK Laxman was admitted to the command hospital here on Sunday night after he suffered a stroke, hospital sources said.

Laxman, who is widely regarded as India's greatest-ever cartoonist and is best known for his creation The Common Man, was "responding" to the treatment, they said.

The noted cartoonist had suffered a series of strokes recently following which he was taken to Mumbai. He was recuperating after the treatment.