PM calls up Azharuddin to express condolence over son’s death

Azharuddin's son passed away on Friday after being seriously injured in a road accident.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday telephoned cricketer-turned-politician Mohd Azharuddin to express condolence over the death of his son Ayazuddin.

“The Prime Minister spoke to Azharuddin and condoled the death of his son,” PMO sources said.

19-year-old Ayazuddin passed away on Friday in a hospital in Hyderabad,six days after being seriously injured in a road accident.

Ayazuddin,a budding cricketer,was the younger of two sons of the Congress MP from Moradabad.

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