Overview
- Prateek Yadav was found unresponsive at home early Wednesday and was declared dead at Lucknow Civil Hospital soon after arrival.
- Doctors and police completed formalities and sent the body to King George’s Medical University for postmortem and lab tests.
- The preliminary report cites pulmonary thromboembolism, which is a blood clot blocking a lung vessel and can trigger a sudden collapse.
- He had recent left‑leg surgery, swelling, and limited movement after a short stay at Medanta, factors that can raise the risk of deep vein thrombosis and a lung clot.
- Family and political leaders gathered in Lucknow for funeral rites Thursday, with condolences from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav; Yadav was a businessman, gym founder, and animal‑welfare advocate.