New Delhi: Pran Kumar Sharma, creator of iconic comic book character Chacha Chaudhary, is dead. He was 75, his family said on Wednesday.

Better known as Pran, he was suffering from cancer and died at 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday, his daughter-in-law Jyoti Pran told IANS.

Pran created the comic book characters like Chacha Chaudhary, Sabu, Shrimatiji, Pinki and Billoo.