MoS Railways Suresh Angadi dies of Covid-19

New Delhi, Sep 23: Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi, who had tested positive for coronavirus passed away at AIIMS on Wednesday. He is the first sitting minister to have died after testing positive for the infection.

He had tested positive for the disease two weeks ago on September 11 and was asymptomatic and said he was "doing fine".

The 65-year old Member of Lok Sabha from Belagavi constituency in Karnataka became seriously ill and was hospitalised a week ago. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.