NEW DELHI, August 25: Noted Urdu poet Ashok Sahil passed away at a Meerut hospital on Monday after prolonged illness, a family member said. He was 64 and is survived by three daughters.
Sahil had been suffering from kidney ailments for some years and was admitted to the hospital when his condition worsened on Monday morning.
“During the treatment he passed away at the hospital,” his close family member said.
He was cremated at Shukartal last evening, where his friends and family offered condolences. After the death of his wife, Shobha Bhagat, three years ago due to cancer, the poet’s health had started failing, the family said.
(Manas Dasgupta)