Hyderali Shihab Thangal passes away

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, 74, passed away on Sunday after a prolonged fight against lymphatic cancer.

He was under treatment for large B-cell lymphoma, diabetes and pneumonia at Little Flower Hospital and Research Centre, Angamaly, since February 22. He was declared dead at 12.40 p.m.

Thangal took over the reins of the IUML after his elder brother Sayed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal’s death in 2009. He was respected widely for the legacy of compassion and communal harmony that the Panakkad family donned.