Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel dies due to COVID

Ahmed Patel

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Ahmed Patel, 71, has died. His son Faizal revealed on Twitter that he died at around 3.30 am on Wednesday while being treated at a hospital for corona infection.

Ahmed Patel

Ahmed Patel was pronounced dead due to multiple organs failure due to corona infection. Ahmed Patel said on Twitter on October 1 that he had contracted corona.

He was later admitted to the hospital on November 15. He is being treated in the ICU for a few days. Ahmed Patel, who had been battling Corona for months, breathed his last at around 3.30 am on Wednesday.