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Jyoti Basu`s wife dead
Kolkata, Sept 30: Kamal Basu, wife of former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, died in a Salt Lake nursing home tonight after protracted illness, doctors attending on her said.
Kolkata, Sept 30: Kamal Basu, wife of former West
Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, died in a Salt Lake nursing
home tonight after protracted illness, doctors attending on
her said.
They said that Kamal Basu had been suffering for a long
time from diabetes, hypertension and renal problems.
She was 73 and is survived by her husband and son
Chandan.
CPI(M) sources said that party leaders, including state
party Secretary Anil Biswas, Left Front Chairman Biman Bose,
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirupam Sen and Health Minister
Suryakanta Mishra went to her residence to pay homage.
The body would be taken to the Keoratala crematorium from
her son's residence 'Indira Bhavan'.
Bureau Report
Bureau Report