Punjab BJP leader Jagdish Raj Sahni dies of cardiac arrest

Batala, May 2 BJP leader and three-time legislator Jagdish Raj Sahni died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Amritsar on Sunday. He was 77. “Sahni died of cardiac arrest,” said Senior Medical Officer Sanjiv Bhalla. Sahni, also a former...

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Updated At : 02:03 AM May 03, 2021 IST

Batala, May 2

BJP leader and three-time legislator Jagdish Raj Sahni died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Amritsar on Sunday. He was 77.

“Sahni died of cardiac arrest,” said Senior Medical Officer Sanjiv Bhalla.

Sahni, also a former chief parliamentary secretary, was elected to the state assembly from Batala seat in 1992, 1997 and 2007. PTI

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