Bijnor: Former Uttar Pradesh minister
and freedom fighter Azizur Rehman died in New Delhi after a
protracted illness.
Rehman (86), who is survived by his wife, two sons and two
daughters, was undergoing treatment at the AIIMS in the
national capital and breathed his last on Saturday.
The body of the veteran Congressman was laid to rest at
the family cemetery at Nagina near here on Sunday.
A four-time MLA, Rehman was a minister in the state four
times. He was the son of Padma Vibhushan Hafiz Mohammad
Ibrahim, who was a Union minister and later Punjab governor.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 18:49