July 17, 2026 05:48 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'Why introduce a new language in Class 9?' Supreme Court questions Centre's policy | 'Save Sonam Wangchuk's life': Delhi High Court to Centre as hunger strike enters Day 19 | Atul Kulkarni observes one-day fast in support of Sonam Wangchuk, urges Centre to initiate dialogue | Argentina stun England with late rally to storm into FIFA World Cup 2026 final | 'He could die in two days': Delhi HC plea seeks force-feeding of Sonam Wangchuk as fast enters Day 18 | 'Tonight's defeat is hard to take': Emmanuel Macron reacts after France crash out of World Cup, congratulates Spain | Spain cruise past France to storm into FIFA World Cup 2026 final with clinical 2-0 victory | Taslima Nasrin announces Kolkata return after 20 years to attend literary event at Rabindra Sadan | 'We must not watch one of our greatest minds be sacrificed': Zeenat Aman backs Sonam Wangchuk, urges govt to open dialogue | 'I don't want Phunsukh Wangdu to die': '3 Idiots' star Omi Vaidya's emotional appeal for Sonam Wangchuk

DMK MLA J Anbazhagan who tested Covid positive dies

| @indiablooms | Jun 10, 2020, at 12:33 pm

Chennai/IBNS: DMK MLA J Anbazhagan, who had contracted the pandemic Novel Coronavirus, died on his birthday on Wednesday.

He would have turned 62 on Wednesday.

Anbazhagan, who was admitted to a hospital with "severe acute respiratory distress" on Jun 2, had tested Covid-19 at that time.

A day later, he was put on ventilator support.

Congress MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram tweeted, "DMK MLA #JAnbazhagan is no more. He succumbs to #COVID19. He is the first legislator to die in India of the infection. It was his 62nd birthday today. Om Shanti."

DMK chief MK Stalin too mourned the demise of the Tamil politician.

Image Credit: DMK Twitter

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.