Punjab: Ex-MLA from Ferozepur Ravinder Singh Sandhu dies of dengue

Two-time former MLA from Ferozepur in Punjab Ravinder Singh Sandhu succumbed to dengue on Friday. He was popularly known as Babbal. Sandhu was under treatment in Ludhiana.

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Ravinder Singh Sandhu also remained the Chief Parliamentary Secretary in the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Government from 2002-2007. He was elected MLA from Ferozepur in 1992 and 2002. He had been down with dengue for the last few days.

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However, he joined the Shiromani Akali Dal unconditionally during August 2013. The body of Sandhu will be taken to his ancestral village at Ratakhera near Ferozepur.

-PTC News