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Ex-prisons hangman Darshan Singh, 89, dies of Covid-19 complications

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Mr Darshan Singh, who was Singapore's longest-serving prison executioner, with his granddaughter Poojaa Gill in 2017.

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SINGAPORE - Former prisons hangman Darshan Singh died early on Sunday morning (Oct 31), aged 89.
Mr Singh, who was warded on Oct 16 in Yishun Community Hospital for a lung infection, died of Covid-19 complications, said his granddaughter Poojaa Gill.
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