Former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin dies of Covid

NEW DELHI: Former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin passed away at a Delhi hospital on Saturday due to Covid-related complications. He was 53.
The Tihar jail authorities had refuted initial reports of Shahabuddin's death and said he was still undergoing treatment at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital.
Later, the hospital confirmed that he has died of Covid.
Prison officials said he was admitted to the ICU of the hospital two-three days ago.
The gangster-turned-politician was among the high profile inmates at Tihar jail after Chhota Rajan and Umar Khalid who had tested positive for the virus.
The Covid positive prisoners were kept in separate cells without much contact with other inmates.
Shahabuddin was serving life sentence in connection with a murder case.