'Wajid Khan died of cardiac arrest': Brother Sajid Khan releases official statement without mention of COVID-19

The late music composer Wajid Khan's family has finally released a statement and confirmed that he died due to a cardiac arrest, without mentioning that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, as was reported. Taking to their official Instagram account, Sajid Khan said, on behalf of the family, "Our dearest Wajid passed away at the age of 47 due to a cardiac arrest on 1st of June at 00:30 am in Surana Sethia hospital. He had a successful kidney transplant last year and he was undergoing treatment for a throat infection," the statement read.

It further said, "We would like to express our gratitude to Dr Prince Surana who is family and has taken care of Wajid just like a brother would, Dr Prashant Kewle, Dr Kirti Sabnis, Dr Nikhil Jain, Dr Rupesh Naik, Dr Dipen Deole, Dr Aseem Thamba and the entire hospital staff who had been treating Wajid and taking care of him beyond the call of duty and had left no stone unturned for his treatment. We thank each of you for your selfless gestures from the bottom of our hearts."

 

 

 

 

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Jun 5, 2020 at 4:34am PDT

A few days back, Sajid had shared an emotional post for Wajid and said, "Duniya chhut gayi, sab kuch chhuta , na tune kabhi music chodda,na music tujhe kabhi chodega. My brother is a legend and legends don’t die. I will always love you. Mere Khushi mein,meri duaaon mein, mere naam mein tu hamesha rahega." In another post, Sajid had shared a picture of the two of them and wrote, "I’m in this world with mummy and you’re in that world with papa. Love you brother. My jannat ka rockstar."