Bahu
Hamari
Rajni
Kant
fame
Ridhima
Pandit's
mother
passed
away
on
Sunday
owing
to
COVID-19.
The
actress’
mother
was
taken
to
Mumbai's
Nanavati
Hospital
a
few
days
back
as
she
had
contracted
the
deadly
virus.
According
to
an
ETimes
report,
Ridhima’s
mother
was
68
years
old
and
was
suffering
from
a
kidney
problem
since
many
years.
"But
she
was
managing
her
life
well,
her
kidneys
were
being
somehow
maintained.
This
is
nothing
but
cruel
fate
that
COVID
struck
her
and
the
complications
began.
The
family
was
unable
to
meet
her
due
to
her
hospitalisation
and
the
death
has
left
them
deeply
shocked," a
source
close
to
Riddhima
told
the
portal.
For
the
unversed,
Riddhima
Pandit
rose
to
fame
for
her
character
Rajni
in
Bahu
Hamari
Rajni
Kant.
she
played
the
role
of
a
robot
In
the
popular
show
which
used
to
air
on
the
now-defunct
Life
OK
channel.
Besides
hosting
several
reality
shows,
Ridhima
also
appeared
as
a
contestant
on
Khatron
Ke
Khiladi
Season
9,
in
which
she
was
the
second
runner-up.
The
actress’
sister
Reema
is
Raveena
Tandon's
manager.
Meanwhile,
COVID-19
cases
are
on
the
rise
in
the
country
and
many
TV
celebs
have
fallen
prey
to
this
virus.
Recently,
show
Anupamaa's
actress
Rupali
Ganguly
and
producer
Rajan
Shahi
tested
positive
for
the
novel
coronavirus.
Indian
Idol
12
host
Aditya
Narayan
and
his
wife
Shweta
Agarwal
have
also
tested
positive
for
the
virus.
Other
TV
actors
who
are
affected
by
the
second
wave
of
COVID-19
include
Kajal
Pisal,
Kanchi
Singh,
Monalisa,
Ankit
Siwach,
Karan
Jotwani
and
Srishti
Jain
to
name
a
few.