TMC MP Sultan succumbs to heart attack, Mamata Banerjee Expresses Shock

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Sultan Ahmed died on Monday after suffering a cardiac arrest.He was 64.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her condolences to the bereaved family.

Banerjee tweeted: "Shocked and deeply saddened at the passing of Sultan Ahmed sitting @AITCOfficial LS MP & my long term colleague.Condolences to his family".

Shocked and deeply saddened at the passing of Sultan Ahmed sitting @AITCOfficial LS MP & my long term colleague. Condolences to his family

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 4, 2017

Ahmed was the Union minister of state for tourism in the Manmohan Singh government. He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency) on a Trinamool Congress ticket.

Ahmed was also the Mohammedan Sporting football club president since 2009.

His name figured in the Narada sting case.