India News | Gangster Chhota Shakeel's Sister Dies

Mumbai, Jun 16 (PTI) An elder sister of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel died at a hospital in Mumbra in neighbouring Thane district on Tuesday, a senior police official said.

Hamida Farook Sayyad, who was in her late 50s, was admitted to a hospital after she showed symptoms of coronavirus infection, the police official said.

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Sayyad died during treatment while the results of her COVID-19 test were awaited, the official added.

She lived in Mumbra with husband and three children.

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Shakeel's younger sister Fahmida had died in Mumbai last month.

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