Varanasi :

Noted Urdu poet and shayer Anjum Jaunpuri passed away on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. He was 67. People assembled at his residence in Ajmeri muhalla in Jaunpur to pay homage to the departed soul.

He had been suffering from ailment for a couple of months due to infection in his leg. According to family members, his health condition started deteriorating on Monday evening, and he breathed his last on Tuesday.

Mufti Mehndi Haider popularly known as Anjum Jaunpuri began his poetic career by reciting his ghazal at a mushayara in Bana in 1972.

Since then he took part in a number of programmes, and also attended an international mushayara held in Karachi (Pakistan) in 1981.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Varanasi News / TNN/ April 18th, 2018