CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury's son dies of COVID

NEW DELHI: CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury's son died on Thursday due to COVID-19 while he was undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Gurugram.

"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," the senior leader said in a tweet. (IANS)

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