Mamata Banerjee’s brother Ashim dies after battling Covid-19 for a month
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Mamata Banerjee’s brother Ashim dies after battling Covid-19 for a month

The West Bengal chief minister's brother died at a hospital in Kolkata this morning, said family members. He had tested positive for Covid-19 nearly a month ago and was admitted since then.

   

File photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | ANI

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s brother Ashim Banerjee, who was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a hospital here, died on Saturday morning, his family members said.

The Trinamool Congress supremo’s brother, popular as ‘Kalida’ among locals in his residential area of Kalighat, breathed his last around 9.20 am at the private hospital, they said.

He had tested positive for coronavirus nearly a month ago and was admitted since then, an official of the medical establishment said.


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