Coronavirus: Renowned poet Rahat Indori breathes his last after testing positive for COVID-19

By Team Newsable | First Published Aug 11, 2020, 5:54 PM IST

Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori has tested positive for COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore passed away

Indore: Renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who tested positive for COVID-19, passed away at a hospital on Tuesday (August 11) in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He was 70.

The poet was active on social media and had posted on his Twitter account that he had tested positive for the deadly virus.

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“After showing initial Covid19 symptoms, I was tested for the virus on Monday and I am declared positive for the virus today and have been admitted to Aurobindo hospital,” Indori posted on Tuesday morning.

Indori was also known to express his views on socio-political scenarios in the country.

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