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CPI leader Khagendra Thakur dies at 82

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Press Trust of India Ranchi
Last Updated : Jan 13 2020 | 10:45 PM IST

Senior CPI leader Khagendra Thakur died at a hospital on Monday after complaining of breathlessness.

He was 82.

Thakur, who was admitted to a hospital in Patna, died at 1.30 pm, party sources said.

A member of the CPI's Jharkhand unit executive committee, he was also the vice-president of Rashtriya Lekhak Sangh.

Born on September 9, 1937 at Malini village in Godda district, Thakur was a Hindi lecturer in Morarka College in Sultanganj.

The CPI(M) has condoled the death.

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First Published: Jan 13 2020 | 10:45 PM IST

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