Ex-union minister A.R. Antulay is dead

Former union minister and Maharashtra's first Muslim chief minister A.R. Antulay died Tuesday following prolonged illness, a family member said. He was 85.

Antulay breathed his last at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital where he had been admitted a few days ago.

He is survived by his wife Nargis, son Naved and daughters Neelam, Shabnam and Mubina, said nephew and son-in-law Mushtaque Antulay.