Sanskrit scholar at AMU Prof Khalid Bin Yusuf dies
Aligarh, UP: Noted Sanskrit scholar at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Prof Khalid Bin Yusuf has passed away after a brief illness, a university statement said here on Thursday.
Prof Yusuf (60) was showing COVID-19 symptoms and had acute pneumonia, his family members said.
He passed away on Wednesday night while being treated at a hospital, they added.
Prof Yusuf was the first Muslim in India to earn a doctorate on Rigveda, as per the statement.
AMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor paid rich tributes to the departed scholar.
During the past fortnight, 13 serving members from the teaching faculty at AMU who were either suffering from COVID-19 or showing symptoms of the infection have lost their lives.
