MUMBAI: At the age of 57, actor Dinesh Phadnis, best known for portraying Fredericks in the smash television series CID, passed away on Tuesday. Dayanand Shetty, who co-starred with him in CID and played Daya in the show, revealed the news of his passing, saying, “Dinesh breathed his last at 12.08 am.” The 57-year-old star was being treated at Tunga Hospital in Mumbai. Dinesh passed away from multiple organ failure, according to Shetty. He stated, “There were a lot of complications and he was removed from the ventilator last night.” The actor’s funeral is scheduled for 10.30 am in Mumbai. The whole cast of CID reportedly paid their final respects at Dinesh’s residence.“We know that he had liver issues and it had an impact on the other organs,” said actor Aditya Srivastava, who played Inspector Abhijeet on the show. He was quite sick for two or three days. He was not able to live.” According to earlier reports, Dinesh was admitted to the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday. Shetty later stated that liver damage, not cardiac arrest, was the cause. After starring as Fredericks in the enduring TV series CID, which debuted in 1998 and ran for 20 years on Sony TV, Dinesh gained widespread recognition.
