UPDATE: Ustad Zakir Hussain very a lot with us, in ICU in San Francisco

Hussain’s publicist additionally confirmed to PTI that the percussionist is being handled on the San Francisco hospital and “has not handed”.

Earlier, the Ministry of Data and Broadcasting introduced Hussain’s dying on its web page on X, however later deleted the submit. So did many different main lights in varied walks of society in addition to varied newspapers and information websites (ED: together with, we remorse, ourselves).

Chaurasia too instructed PTI, “He’s unwell and admitted within the ICU proper now. All of us are fearful in regards to the state of affairs.”

As concern mounted over Hussain’s well being, senior broadcast journalist Pervaiz Alam additionally took to X to share the information, citing the musician’s brother-in-law Ayub Aulia.

“Ustad Zakir Hussain, Tabla participant, percussionist, composer, former actor and the son of legendary Tabla participant, Ustad Allah Rakha is just not effectively. He is being handled for severe illnesses in a San Francisco hospital, USA, knowledgeable his brother-in-law, Ayub Aulia in a cellphone name with me. Aulia sahab, based mostly in London, has requested Zakir’s followers to wish for his speedy restoration,” he wrote in a submit.

An unverified X deal with for Ameer Aulia, claiming to be his nephew, additionally posted earlier than PTI had reported his sister Khurshid’s assertion, asking for prayers and requesting the elimination of misinformation.