New Delhi, Sep 13 (TIWN) Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh succumbed to post-COVID illness at AIIMS here on Sunday. He was 74.

He is survived by two sons and a daughter, he said. Singh's wife had died earlier.

The body of the 74-year-old leader will be brought to Patna for performance of the last rites, the aide said.

Singh had fallen critically ill late Friday night and was put on a ventilator in ICU in the AIIMS, Yadav added.

Earlier in June he had tested positive for COVID and was admitted at AIIMS Patna.