Pardafas Reporter
Popular Indian Comedian Raju Srivastava passed away in Delhi on Wednesday morning. He was 58.
Raju Srivastava was admitted to AIIMS, Delhi on August 10, after he suffered a heart attack. He was on ventilator support for 15 days, after which he regained consciousness.
However, on September 1, after he ran a fever as high as 100 degrees, he was out on ventilator support again.
Srivastava's chief advisor Ajit Saxena said that despite the best efforts of the doctors, the comedian could not be saved.
Raju Srivastava was the entertainment industry since the 1980s. He shot to fame after participating in the first season of the reality stand-up comedy show "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge" in 2005.
He was also the chairman of the Film Development Council Uttar Pradesh.
