Comic Raju Srivastava has been energetic within the leisure business because the Nineteen Eighties. (File)
New Delhi:
Comic Raju Srivastava died as we speak in Delhi, over a month after he suffered a cardiac arrest whereas understanding within the health club. He was 58.
Raju Srivastava was declared lifeless at 10.20 am, stated information company PTI citing hospital sources.
“I obtained a name from the household about half an hour in the past saying he’s no extra. It’s actually unlucky information. He was combating within the hospital for over 40 days,” his brother Dipoo Srivastava instructed the company.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had been among the many leaders who condoled the comic’s dying.
“I’m deeply saddened by the dying of famend comic Raju Srivastava. Other than being an completed artist, he was additionally a really vigorous individual. He was additionally very energetic within the social spheres. I prolong my condolences to his bereaved household and followers. Shanti,” Mr Singh tweeted in Hindi.
Yogi Adityanath prolonged condolences to Srivastava’s household and stated, “Raju Srivastava isn’t any extra with us. I, on behalf of the folks of UP, pray that his soul rests in peace.”
Srivastava was hospitalised on August 10 after he collapsed within the health club and was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He underwent angioplasty the identical day and was placed on a ventilator.
Srivastava has been energetic within the leisure business because the Nineteen Eighties however obtained recognition solely in 2005 after he participated within the stand-up comedy present “The Nice Indian Laughter Problem”.
He has appeared in Hindi movies like “Maine Pyar Kiya”, “Baazigar”, “Bombay to Goa” and “Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiya”. He was one of many contestants on “Bigg Boss” season three.
Srivastava additionally served because the chairman of the Movie Growth Council of Uttar Pradesh till his dying.