Former Union Minister Rasheed Masood passes away
Saharanpur, October 5
Former Union Minister Rasheed Masood died on Monday. He was 73.
Masood died in a Roorkee nursing home, where he had been admitted recently for the management of some post-COVID-19 complications, said the former Union minister’s nephew Imran Masood.
Imran Masood, a former MLA, told PTI that his uncle Rasheed Masood had tested positive for the coronavirus infection some time back and had undergone treatment at a Delhi hospital.
He had recovered from the infection there and had returned to Saharanpur, said Imran.
His condition, however, deteriorated again a few days ago and he was admitted to a nursing home in Roorkee where he died on Monday morning, said Imran.
Masood had been a five-time member of the Lok Sabha from Saharanpur. He was also elected to the Rajya Sabha for a few terms.
Masood had won the 1989 Lok Sabha election as a Janata Dal candidate and was the Union Minister of State for Health in then government. PTI
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