Deceased MP Sultan Ahmed was ‘under stress’ due to CBI probe: Mamata Banerjee

Trinamool Congress MP Sultan Ahmed breathed his last on Monday. He suffered a cardiac arrest. The 64-year-old TMC leader was the Union Minister of State for Tourism during the UPA2 government and had been elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Uluberia. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted her condolences. ‘Shocked and deeply saddened at the passing of Sultan Ahmed sitting @AITCOfficial LS MP & my long term colleague. Condolences to his family’, her tweet read. He suffered a cardiac arrest at his Ripon Street residence on Monday morning and when rushed to Belle Vue Clinic, was declared brought dead. “He had suffered a heart attack at about 11.15 am and was brought to the hospital at 12.15 pm. We were prepared for his treatment but had to declare him brought dead,” a senior official of the hospital said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sultan Ahmed, who died of cardiac arrest this morning, was under stress after he was interrogated by the CBI in connection with the Narada case. “I have heard that the CBI has sent him (Ahmed) a letter today also,” she told reporters …read more