Thapki Pyar Ki team member Irfan passes away after testing COVID-19 positive

Television actor Jaya Bhattacharya has mourned the demise of Thapki Pyar Ki unit member Irfan, who was battling COVID-19. She wrote a heartfelt note.

Mumbai: Popular TV show Thapki Pyar Ki team member Irfan, passes away on Wednesday, after battling a long illness, which was further aggravated when he tested positive for COVID-19. Television actor Jaya Bhattacharya mourned the death of her team member.

Jaya said that he died after being unwell for the last two years.

In an heartfelt Instagram post, she wrote, "#thapkipyaarki team… The guy inside this, our Irfan, is no more. He was unwell from a long time. I kept on asking him for his reports to try to understand what the basic issue was that was creating all his health problems since the last 2 years but... Gulab Dada told me of his being in hospital and on a bad state some days ago and then his weak body contracted corona. Today news from Susu, Irfan is no more."

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"Damn it. This is the second, lovely, hard working, talanted, person I am losing in this manner. I am no medicine person but if we get to the correct doctor at the correct time for correct diagnosis we can save a life...thats what I believe. I feel like sh*t right now,” she wrote," she added.

Earlier this month, television actor Mohena Kumari and her family tested COVID-19 positive. They family is living under isolation at home.

Another television actor Deepika Singh's mother is undergoing treatment for coronavirus at Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital.