Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq dies in Lucknow hospital

Sadiq has been within the ICU since November 17. (File)

Outstanding Shia cleric and All India Muslim Private Regulation Board vice chairman Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.

Maulana Sadiq breathed his final at round 10.00 pm at a personal hospital right here, his son Kalbe Sibtain mentioned. He was admitted to the ICU of the hospital on November 17.

Earlier, the hospital in a well being bulletin mentioned that Sadiq was affected by colorectal cancer with metastasis with extreme pneumonia, UTI and septic shock with acute kidney shutdown with paralytic ileus.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his grief over the demise of Maulana Sadiq, the Uttar Pradesh authorities mentioned in an announcement.

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