India, Aug. 27 -- LUCKNOW Salim Sheikh, 48, the main accused in the 2018 Chandan Gupta murder case in Kasganj, died at Lucknow's King George's Medical University (KGMU) following kidney related complications.

Suffering from septicemia and other illnesses, he was admitted to the Trauma Centre's ICU on August 16, and died on Tuesday night, said KGMU media cell in charge Dr KK Singh.

Sheikh was among the 28 people convicted in connection with the murder of Chandan Gupta, who was shot dead in a communal clash that broke out during a 2018 Tiranga Yatra in Kasganj.

He was undergoing dialysis and was shifted from Kasganj to Lucknow jail due to health issues. He was admitted to the Balrampur Hospital on July 30 and then referred to KGMU on Aug...