India, May 13 -- Prateek Yadav, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh's son with his second wife Sadhna Gupta, died early Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow at the age of 38. While Akhilesh Yadav's half-brother largely stayed away from politics despite coming from one of India's biggest political families, he was married to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Aparna Yadav.

Prateek Yadav's death comes months after a family drama erupted in late Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's clan when he alleged that his wife Aparna is a "selfish woman" who he is going to divorce "as soon as possible".

Confirming the death, Lucknow Civil Hospital director Dr GP Gupta said information was received at around 5 am that Prateek Yadav ...