India, May 13 -- Prateek Yadav, son of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, the half-brother of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and husband of BJP leader Aparna Yadav, died at the age of 38 in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Wednesday morning.

Civil Hospital director Dr GP Gupta confirmed Prateek's death and said information was received at around 5am that Akhilesh Yadav's half-brother was unwell, following which a team of doctors rushed to his residence.

"When the doctors reached there, his condition appeared critical. He was brought to the hospital, and despite all efforts by the medical team, he was declared dead at 5.55 am," Dr Gupta said.

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