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Sitaram Yechury’s son dies of Covid-19

CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish died of Covid-19 at a Gurgaon hospital yesterday. The death of the journalist who would have celebrated his 35th birthday on June 9 was announced by Yechury and the CPI (M) Politburo. Ashish was recovering well at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital, people close to the family added, describing his sudden death at 5.30am after a two-week battle with Covid-19 as a shock.

“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,” Yechury said on Twitter. Ashish, who studied at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, worked in several publications, including the Times of India in Delhi, before moving to Pune.