Jharkhand minister dies day after testing negative for Covid-19

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Jharkhand's minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari died on Saturday at a hospital in Ranchi, official sources said. He was 73.

Haji Hussain Ansari

Ranchi: Jharkhand's minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari died on Saturday at a hospital in Ranchi, official sources said. He was 73.

Ansari, a senior JMM leader, was admitted to the Medanta hospital around two weeks back after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

"Therefore, he did not die of Covid-19. He died this evening due to a cardiac arrest," the spokesperson said.

Ansari's family said that he recently underwent heart surgery.

Ansari was a four-time MLA from the Madhupur assembly segment in Deoghar.