Haji Hussain Ansari
Jharkhand's minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari died on Saturday at a hospital in Ranchi, official sources said. He was 73.
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.
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Haji Hussain AnsariA spokesperson of the Medanta Hospital said that Ansari tested negative for Covid-19 on Friday, which meant that he had recovered.
"Therefore, he did not die of Covid-19. He died this evening due to a cardiac arrest," the spokesperson said.
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Ansari's family said that he recently underwent heart surgery.
Ansari was a four-time MLA from the Madhupur assembly segment in Deoghar.
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