Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) senior leader and former MLA from Karwan in the city, Afsar Khan passed away this morning, following multiple organ failure. He was undergoing treatment at a corporate Hospital quite for some time.
He was 66, and leaves behind three sons and four daughters. Funeral prayers were offered at Mehdipatnam Masjid after the Friday prayers, and he was buried in a graveyard in Murad Nagar.
Telangana deputy chief minister Mahmood Ali, MIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, party legislators and a large number of MIM activists attended the last rites.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and other dignitaries condoled the demise of Afsar Khan and conveyed their sympathies to the bereaved family members. (NSS)