Two-day franchise workshop of the Indian Premier League to be held on 13 and 14 January was shifted from Srinagar and Gulmarg to Mumbai, due to the death of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla tweeted that, “IPL franchise workshop & meet shifted to Mumbai on13&14 jan from Srinagar & gulmarg because of mufti saheb’s demise.”

Sayeed passed away on Thursday at AIIMS after his platelets dropped dangerously. Sayeed, 79, rose to become the first Muslim Home Minister of India. On 1 March 2015, Sayeed took charge of the state heading a PDP-BJP alliance. He remained on ventilator for last few days and breathed his last on 7 January 2015 morning. Sayeed was flown in a special plane from Srinagar on December 24 and got admitted to the AIIMS. He was then diagnosed with sepsis (life threatening complication of an infection) and pneumonia. Doctors said that his platelets had dropped dangerously during hospitalization.

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed became the second J and K Chief Minister to die in office. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was the first CM to die in office on 8 September 1982.

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Sumana