Former Minister E Ahamed Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest

NEW DELHI:  Former Union Minister E Ahamed, who collapsed Tuesday morning in parliament, has died. He was 78. Mr Ahamed was admitted at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital after he suffered a cardiac arrest while both houses of parliament were being jointly addressed by President Pranab Mukherjee. At around 2.15 pm, Mr Ahamed was shifted



to the RML trauma centre's ICU where he was put on ventilator. Mr Ahamed died at 2:15 am at RML hospital.

His body will be taken to Kerala later today.

Mr Ahamed, who has served as Minister of State for External Affairs in Dr Manmohan Singh's government, represented Kerala in the Lok Sabha and was the president of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).