He tested positive on April 20 and was undergoing treatment in hospital
Former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, who was lodged in Tihar jail, died of COVID-19 at a city hospital on Saturday.
Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel confirmed the development.
Prison officials said gangster-turned-politician Shahabuddin, who was serving serving life imprisonment in Tihar, tested positive on April 20 and was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where he died during treatment.
When his condition deteriorated two days ago, he was put on ventilator at the hospital.
Mr. Goel told news agency
PTI “information has been received from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya hospital in Delhi about the death of Mohd Shahabuddin. He was suffering from COVID-19 and was admitted in DDU on April 20”.
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Hours after it refuted reports of the death of RJP MP RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin, Tihar jail official have now informed that the former MP died due to COVID-19 today. Information has been received from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital about the death of Mohammed Shahabuddin, an inmate of Delhi Prisons. He was suffering from COVID-19 and was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital on 20th April 2021, Sandeep Goel, DG of Delhi s Tihar prison was quoted as saying by ANI.
Information has been received from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital about death of Mohammed Shahabuddin (in file pic), inmate of Delhi Prisons. He was suffering from #COVID19 and was admitted in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital on 20th April 2021: Sandeep Goel, DG of Delhi s Tihar prison pic.twitter.com/hFhN7jbD6X ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2021