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