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5Jun

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Aslam Baba, self-styled godman

Aslam Baba -- a self-styled godman in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam who reportedly “kissed” the hands of devotees to “cure” them of Covid-19– died on June 4, 2020 from its infection. Reports suggest that he not only ended his own life but also allegedly infected some others. Aslam Baba had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on 3 June, and died a day later, reported The Print. Ratlam Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav Tiwari reportedly said over 50 people were contact-traced after the godman’s death and put under quarantine. Nearly 150 people in the Nayapura region, where Aslam Baba resided, were also quarantined. They are currently being screened and the area has been declared a containment zone, the report pointed out. Tiwa...

5Jun

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Anil Suri, movie producer

Bollywood producer Anil Suri ‑ who had backed films like Raaj Kumar-Rekha starrer Karmayogi and Raaj Tilak ‑ passed away due to coronavirus on June 4, 2020. He was 77. Anil’s brother, film producer Rajiv Suri, said he had fever on June 2 but his condition worsened the next day with breathlessness. “He was rushed to the top hospitals, Lilavati and Hinduja, but both denied him a bed,” Rajiv claimed. “He was then taken to Advanced Multispeciality Hospital on Wednesday (June 3) night. He had COVID-19. On Thursday (June 4) evening, they said something is amiss and he was put on ventilator. He died around 7:00 pm,” Rajiv told PTI. Last rites of Anil were held on June 5, 2020, at Oshiwara cremation ground with four close family members attending it wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)....

1Jun

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Wajid Khan, music composer

Wajid Khan, Bollywood music composer, died on June 1, 2020, from complications due to suspected Covid-19 infection. The composer of Sajid-Wajid fame was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai and was reportedly on ventilator. Wajid, who along with his brother Sajid Khan produced music for many Bollywood hits including Dabangg, Wanted and Jai Ho, had been suffering from kidney problem for the past few years. Sanjay Tandon of the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) confirmed the news to a website, saying that he had received a message that he was not well and that he had been hospitalised. Singer Sonu Nigam was among the first A-listers to confirm the news. "Mybrother Wajid left us," he posted on his official Instagram handle sonunigamofficial Sajid-Wajid were the sons of tabla...

26May

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Dr Rajesh Gupta, anaesthetist

Dr Rajesh Gupta, a consultant anaesthetist at the National Health Service (NHS)-run Wexham Park Hospital in Berkshire, south-east England, was found dead earlier on May 25 and the cause of his death is yet to be established. The Indian-origin doctor working on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic at the UK hospital was found dead in the hotel he was staying in to isolate away from his family during the lockdown, reported Press Trust of India. “We are very sorry to pass on the sad news that our Frimley Health colleague Dr Rajesh Gupta has passed away,” Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust said in a statement on Friday. “Rajesh, who worked as a consultant at Wexham Park Hospital, was found on Monday afternoon in the hotel where he had been staying to protect hi...

24May

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Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, professor

Jitendra Nath Pande or J. N. Pande ‑ Professor & Head of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS) – passed away after contracting Covid-19 virus on 23 May 2020. He was working as Senior Consultant (Medicine) at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, New Delhi. Pande was born in Shikohabad, India, to Shri Madan Mohan Pande and Smt. Kamla Devi Pande. His parents were from Uttar Pradesh. He was younger brother of Prof. Gyan N Pande, Emeritus Professor, Swansea University and President, International Centre for Computational Engineering. Pande obtained both his MBBS in 1963 and MD (Medicine) in 1966 degrees from AIIMS, New Delhi. Pande specialised in Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology. He treated many famous personalities fro...

24May

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Charan Jeet Singh, businessman

Charan Jeet Singh, a resident of Lajpat Nagar and a businessman, died on May 23 after suffering from Covid-19. “My husband didn’t step out of the house when the lockdown started, but I went out daily because of my job… I will never be able to forgive myself,” Assistant Commissioner of Delhi Police Surender Jeet Kaur, a day after her husband Charan Jeet Singh, 54, succumbed to Covid at a hospital in Delhi. Singh is survived by his wife and their 26-year-old son who lives in Canada. Kaur, 57, ACP (Crimes Against Women) in the South-East district of the Delhi Police, is also ACP (Covid Cell) of the district. On May 20, five days after Kaur tested positive for the virus, her husband Singh tested positive, followed by the ACP’s 80-year-old father...

Mohinder Singh Dhatt, General Practitioner

19May

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Mohinder Singh Dhatt, General Practitioner

Mohinder Singh Dhatt - Family Medicine/General Practitioner at Kumar Medical Centre, Slough, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 19 May 2020. Dhatt was 80 years old. Colleagues paid tribute to the 80-year-old - believed to be one of Slough's longest-serving GPs - and said colleagues and patients alike would remember him for his 'genial and thoughtful' manner. Dr Dhatt had been working at the Kumar Medical Centre in Slough until 28 February this year - and previously as a partner at the nearby Langley Health Centre. Staff aged over 70 at the Kumar Medical Centre were instructed to work from home early on in the pandemic, and Dr Dhatt himself was on holiday at the time the UK entered lockdown. 'He was very well known, tremendously popular, and his dea...

Ratnakar Ramkrushna Matkari, writer and film producer

18May

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Ratnakar Ramkrushna Matkari, writer and film producer

Ratnakar Ramkrushna Matkari ‑ a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, India – died on 17 May 2020 in Mumbai, having tested positive for COVID-19 the week before. Matkari was born on 17 November 1938 in Mumbai. After earning a degree in economics from Mumbai University in 1958, he worked at the Bank of India for the next twenty years. Since 1978, he devoted his time exclusively to writing & production/direction of movies and plays. He was married to artist Pratibha Matkari. Matkari's first work, the one-act play Wedi Manase, was presented in 1955 on All India Radio in Mumbai. His play Pahuni was presented the next year at another venue. Matkari worked as a columnist for newspapers and magazines in the 1970s. He wrote ...

14May

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K Thangavelu, politician

K Thangavelu, a Marxist leader and former MLA who cut his teeth as a banian mill worker and went on to spearhead many successful agitations for labour rights in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, died of COVID-19 in Coimbatore on September 13, 2020. The 68-year-old party veteran and trade unionist, who was treated for coronavirus at a hospital for the past 14 days passed away early on Sunday, the CPM said. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. A Marxist ideologue, he was renowned for his lectures on Marxism and leadership qualities and had been a state executive committee (known as state secretariat in the party) member for about 25 years. Thangavelu started his life as a banian mill worker and he led many successful agitations for the labour rights of the mill wor...

14May

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Annie Mathew, Nurse

Annie Mathew – a Nurse at Kuwait Central Blood Bank, Jabriya, Hawalli, Kuwait – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 14 May 2020. Annie was 54 years old. Source: Mathrubhumi Please help us in adding details.