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A senior Jammu and Kashmir minister, Bashir Ahmed Kitchloo, died on Monday following prolonged illness, official sources said.
Kitchloo, 65, was suffering from cancer, the sources said, adding he breathed his last at the Lady Hardinge Hospital in New Delhi.
He is survived by wife, four sons and two daughters.
Kitchloo was looking after social welfare, Haj and Aquaf in the Farooq Abdullah ministry.
His body will be flown to Jammu from where it would be taken to Kishtwar for the last rites.
Condoling his death, Minister of State for External Affairs Omar Abdullah said Kitchloo was a great visionary who dedicated his life for the upliftment of Gujjars and Bakerwals.
PTI
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