Five-time Haryana Chief Minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supremo, Om Prakash Chautala died on Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest at his residence in Gurugram. He was 89 years old.
Om Prakash Chautala is survived by two sons -- Abhay Singh Chautala and Ajay Singh Chautala, whose father is former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal.
Om Prakash Chautala was born on 1 January 1935 in the village Chautala of Sirsa and became the Chief Minister for the first time on 2 December 1989.
Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala died at approximately 12 noon in Medanta Hospital in Gurugram today.
He had breathing problem and was being treated for the last three-four years.
On Friday, when his health suddenly deteriorated, he was brought to the emergency ward of Medanta but he suffered a cardiac arrest and could not be saved.
Abhay Singh Chautala is a former MLA from the Ellenabad constituency and has also been the Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Legislative Assembly from October 2014 till March 2019.
Chautala's grandson Dushyant Chautala was the Deputy Chief Minister in the earlier BJP-led government in Haryana.
Chuatala was released prematurely after the Delhi government in 2021 passed an order granting a six-month special remission to those who have served nine-and-half years of their 10-year prison sentence.
Since the Indian National Lok Dal supremo had already served nine years and nine months of his sentence, he was eligible for release.
In 2013, Chautala and his son Ajay were given 10 years in prison as both were convicted of corruption charges due to a teacher recruitment scam.
Special CBI judge Vinod Kumar did not show any leniency when he handed the punishment to the aged 78-year-old Chautala and his son who is 51.
As long ago as January 16, 2013 the court had convicted father and son along with 53 other teachers of illegally recruiting the state 3,206 teachers in 2000.
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