Mum of Bradford teenager who drowned at Linton Falls near Grassington dies less than three weeks later following Covid-19 battle

Muhammad Bilal Zeb, 18, died while swimming in the River Wharfe near Linton Falls in Grassington on July 31, when temperatures shot above 30 degrees.

The teenager, from Bradford, had married just five weeks earlier and at the time of his death his mum, Saima Bashir, was in ICU with coronavirus.

A community Facebook page, which confirmed Muhammad as the drowning victim, has now posted about Saima's death.

A post published yesterday (Mon) reads: "Bilal's mother has sadly passed away."

Emergency services were called to the North Yorkshire beauty spot at around 7.30pm.

Members of the public tried to save his life and a local police community support officer tried to resuscitate the young man through CPR until the ambulance arrived.

But sadly Muhammad died at the scene.

The Janaza Announcement Facebook page named Muhammad as the victim in a post published on August 5.

It also stated the teenager's mother was in ICU battling Covid-19 and didn't know about her son's death.

A post from the account read: "Muhammad Bilal Zeb has sadly passed away by drowning at Linton Falls in the Yorkshire Dales. Bilal got married five weeks ago.

“Can you all pray for his mother who is in ICU Manchester due to COVID19 past 3 weeks.

“She doesn’t even know about her own son’s death.”

Thousands have expressed their condolences to the family on social media following the double tragedy.

One person wrote: “That’s so sad mother and son passing away within weeks. May Allah grant them jannah.”

Another well-wisher added: “May you both be reunited in the next life.”

One comment said: “I was always thinking how this lady would be if she ever got better to find out about her son. I would not wish it upon any parents, mothers.”

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