Indian sprint legend Milkha Singh died on Friday after a month-long battle with Covid-19, PTI reported. He was 91.
The news comes in the week where former national volleyball captain Nirmal Kaur, wife of Milkha Singh, had died on Sunday after contracting the virus.
“He breathed his last at 11.30pm,” a family spokesperson told PTI.
Milkha’s condition turned critical this evening as he developed complications, including fever and dipping oxygen saturation levels, after a bout with Covid-19, in the Intensive Care Unit of the PGIMER hospital in Mohali.
“It is with extreme sadness that we would like to inform you that Milkha Singh Ji passed away. He fought hard but God has his ways and it was perhaps true love and companionship that both our mother Nirmal ji and now dad have passed away in a matter of five days,” said a statement from Milkha Singh’s family according to ANI.
The Padma Shri awardee had contracted Covid-19 last month and tested negative for the virus…
