Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori passes away day after testing positive for Coronavirus

Renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indori passed away at a hospital in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.

A doctor at Sri Aurobindo Hospital said Indori suffered two heart attacks on Monday. “He was admitted to hospital on Sunday, after testing positive for COVID-19. He had 60% pneumonia,” said Dr Vinod Bhandari.

Indori, 70, who was quite active on social media, had written about his infection on his Twitter handle earlier in the day.

कोविड के शरुआती लक्षण दिखाई देने पर कल मेरा कोरोना टेस्ट किया गया, जिसकी रिपोर्ट पॉज़िटिव आयी है.ऑरबिंदो हॉस्पिटल में एडमिट हूँ
दुआ कीजिये जल्द से जल्द इस बीमारी को हरा दूँ

एक और इल्तेजा है, मुझे या घर के लोगों को फ़ोन ना करें, मेरी ख़ैरियत ट्विटर और फेसबुक पर आपको मिलती रहेगी.

— Dr. Rahat Indori (@rahatindori) August 11, 2020

A well-known Urdu poet, he had also asked his followers and fans to wish him a speedy recovery, and urged them to not call his family to enquire about his well-being, while promising to update them via Twitter and Facebook.

Indori was known to express his views on socio-political scenarios in the country.