SHAHABUDDIN DIES AT DELHI HOSPITAL DURING COVID TREATMENT

NEW DELHI: Gangster-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin who tested positive for Covid-19 nearly 10 days ago died in a Delhi hospital on Saturday, according to officials at Tihar prison where the former Rashtriya Janata Dal lawmaker had spent the last four years on orders of the Supreme Court.

Tihar prison officials had shifted 53-year-old Shahabuddin to Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital on April 21 after his condition deteriorated. The four-time parliamentarian from Bihar’s Siwan tested positive for the viral illness on April 20.

This is the fifth death in five days of a Tihar prisoner due to the disease that has overwhelmed the health system in many parts of the country.

At Tihar prison, Shahabuddin was only one of the three prisoners who did not share space with other prisoners and are lodged in the most secure part of the jail. The other two are gangster Chhota Rajan and Delhi gangster Neeraj Bawana.