COVID-19 2nd Wave: Sitaram Yechury's son Ashish succumbs to coronavirus

Ashish Yechury was a senior copy editor, working with a leading newspaper in New Delhi.

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April 22, 2021 / 11:54 IST

Secretary General of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury (File image)

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish Yechury passed away on April 22 due to COVID-19 disease.

“It is with great sadness that I have to inform that I lost my elder son, Ashish Yechury to COVID-19 this morning,” Yechury tweeted on the day.

He thanked all the doctors and nurses who treated his son as well as frontline health workers, sanitation workers and others who stood by them in the tough time.

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.
— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) April 22, 2021

Ashish, who would have turned 35 on June 9, was recovering well at Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital, people close to the family added, describing his sudden death at 5.30 am after a two-week battle with the disease as a shock. He was a senior copy editor, working with a leading newspaper in New Delhi.

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