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Karnataka Wakf Board chairman dead

He had been hospitalised with a kidney ailment 20 days ago

Bengaluru: Karnataka State Wakf Board chairman Dr Mohammed Yusuf died at a private hospital here on Friday, family sources said. He was 65 and is survived by his wife and two children.

Yusuf was suffering from kidney-related ailments and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital for the past 20 days, they added.

A philanthropist and a businessman, Yusuf was appointed the Wakf Board chairman last year. While in that post, he started a survey of Wakf Board properties to free them from encroachment.

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