Television actor Parag Tyagi lost his father on Monday, May 25, after he suffered a heart attack. Confirming the news to India Forums, Tyagi said, "Yes he was not well. And it happened on Monday. He went for his dialysis and suddenly he got an attack. Shefali (Jariwala) and I reached yesterday. We took a flight from Mumbai and luckily the flight services had already started or else we would have had to travel by road." (sic)

Reports say Tyagi and Jariwala flew to Delhi and drove to Modinagar near Ghaziabad, the actor's hometown, for the last rites.