CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury dies at 72 after prolonged illness
Yechury had been in a critical condition for the last few days and was on respiratory support
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CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury
New Delhi, 12 Sept
CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram
Yechury died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on
Thursday following prolonged illness, hospital and party sources said. He was
72.
Yechury had been in a critical
condition for the last few days and was on respiratory support. According to
the sources, the veteran leader died at 3.05pm.
The CPI(M) had said in a statement
on Tuesday that the 72-year-old leader was being treated for an acute
respiratory tract infection at the ICU in AIIMS, Delhi. Yechury was admitted to
the hospital on 19 August for treatment of a pneumonia-like chest infection.
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