Kalyan :

Senior Sena leader and former state labour minister Sabir Shaikh died on Wednesday due to prolonged illness in a private hospital in Bhiwandi. Qureshi was 71-year-old.

Shaikh who was unmarried was living alone at Kongaon area in Bhiwandi. He was only biggest Muslim face of party who win three times MLA election and was also posted at state labour minister post during Sena-BJP government in state.

It is said that Shaikh was suffering from illness and recently he was admitted in Ved hospital in Kongaon where he died during the treatment.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mumbai / Pradeep Gupta, TNN / October 05th, 2014