New Delhi: After Aditya Singh Rajput and Vaibhavi Upadhyay, actor Nitesh Pandey from the television series 'Anupamaa' has also passed away. He was 51. Nitesh suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday, May 23. Both thetelevison show's actors and the viewers have been shocked by the tragic news. According to reports, the actor had a severe heart arrest late at night in Igatpuri, close to Nashik.
A police team is at the hotel, and an inquiry is in progress, according to the news agency ANI. The hotel employees and those close to the actor are being questioned. A postmortem report is awaited.
As per a report in Etimes, the actor's brother-in-law said, "Yes you have heard it right. My brother-in-law is no more, my sister Arpita Pandey is in a state of shock. Nitesh's father has left for Igatpuri to get his mortal remains. They should be here by the afternoon. We have gone absolutely numb, I have not been able to even talk to Arpita after the tragedy."
In 1990, Nitesh Pandey started acting in plays. Nitesh Pandey has appeared in serials including 'Manzilein Apani Apani', 'Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani', 'Saaya', 'Justajoo', and Durgesh Nandini. He also worked on the films like 'Om Shanti Om' and 'Badhaai Do'. The actor, who has been an established name on Indian television for the past 20 years, was most recently seen 'Anupamaa'. He played Dheeraj Kumar, the best friend of Gaurav Khanna, who played Anuj Kapadia.
Nitesh was born and raised in Almora, Uttrakhand. He got married to Arpita Pandey, an actress whom he had first met on the television show Justajoo. In 2003, the couple tied the knot. Nitesh was also previously married to actress Ashwini Kalsekar.
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