CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury’s elder son Ashish Yechury passed away due to COVID-19 in a Guguram hospital this morning. He passed away about 6 am today.
According to reports, he was earlier getting treated at Holy Family Hospital but was shifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.
He was 34 years old. According to the reports, he was working with a top newspaper in New Delhi.
Sitaram Yechury confirmed the unfortunate news in a tweet. In his tweet, Sitaram Yechury thanked all the physicians and nurses who treated his son. “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,” he stated.
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Sitaram Yechury is himself beneath residence quarantine.