Former Indian women volleyball team captain Nirmal Kaur, who is wife of legendary Olympian Milkha Singh, died at a Mohali hospital on Sunday due to complications related to Covid-19 infection.

She was 85 and is survived by her husband, a son, and three daughters. Milkha Singh himself is being treated for Covid-related complications at the PGI Chandigarh.

Milkha Singh has been under the observation of a medical team comprising senior doctors of the institute since his hospitalisation on June 3.