Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson dies of COVID-19
Satish Dhupelia, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi died of COVID-19 complications on Sunday, as reported by his relatives.
New Delhi(Johannesburg), 23/11: Satish Dhupelia, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, died of COVID-19 related complications on Sunday at a hospital in Johannesburg. He was 66 years old. “My beloved brother has passed on after a month of illness with pneumonia, a superbug contracted in hospital and then COVID-19 also contracted while he was being treated. He suffered a major cardiac arrest this evening,” Ms. Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, Mr. Dhupelia’s sister said.
Mr. Dhupelia was very active in media and worked as a videographer and photographer, and also assisted the Gandhi Development Trust to continue the work started by the Mahatma Gandhi at the Phoenix Settlement near Durban. Mr. Dhupelia was the descendant of Manilal Gandhi, the second son of Mahatma Gandhi, who he left behind in South Africa to continue his work there.