Sitaram Yechury’s son dies of COVID-19 in Gurgaon hospital


Team Udayavani, Apr 22, 2021, 9:02 AM IST

New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday, April 22 said his elder son Ashish died of COVID-19 in the morning.

Ashish, who would have turned 35 on June 9, was recovering well at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital, people close to the family added, describing his sudden death at 5.30 am after a two-week battle with the disease as a shock.

“It is with great sadness that I have to inform that I lost my elder son, Ashish Yechury to COVID-19 this morning. I want to thank all those who gave us hope and who treated him – doctors, nurses, frontline health workers, sanitation workers and innumerable others who stood by us,” Yechury said on Twitter.

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