Veteran Punjabi actor Satish Kaul, who featured in several Hindi films and shows including "Mahabharat", died on Saturday due to COVID-19 related complications. He was 74.

According to Kaul`s sister Satya Devi, the actor, popular for playing the role of Lord Indra in BR Chopra`s "Mahabharat``, was admitted to a city hospital after he developed fever six days ago. "He died today morning due to COVID-19 at the hospital. He had fever and wasn`t keeping well. We admitted him to the hospital on Thursday and got him tested, where it turned out that he was COVID-19 positive," Satya Devi told PTI.