Ex-Union Minister Jaffer Sharief dead

Bengaluru: Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader from Karnataka Jaffer Sharief died at a private hospital here on Sunday following a heart attack, a party official said. He was 85. “Sharief passed away around 12.30 p.m. at Fortis Hospital in the city centre. “He was admitted on Friday after he collapsed at home.,” party’s state unit spokesman Ravi Gowda said. (IANS)

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