A week after father Pandit Devbrata Chaudhuri, sitar player Prateek Chaudhuri dies of COVID-19 Renowned sitar player Prateek Chaudhuri has died due to COVID-related complications, almost a week after his father, music maestro Pandit Devbrata Chaudhuri, succumbed to the virus. A week after father Pandit Devbrata Chaudhuri, sitar player Prateek Chaudhuri dies of COVID-19 Renowned sitar player Prateek Chaudhuri has died due to COVID-related complications, almost a week after his father, music maestro Pandit Devbrata Chaudhuri, succumbed to the virus. According to music historian Pavaj Jha, Prateek Chaudhuri, 49, was admitted to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital here and breathed his last on Thursday.