Noted Television actor Dinesh Phadnis, best known for his role as Inspector Fredericks in the long-running crime series CID, is currently hospitalised and on a ventilator. The actor, who is in his late 50s, is undergoing treatment at Tunga Hospital in Mumbai.
Phadnis's co-star and close friend Dayanand Shetty, who played Senior Inspector Daya in CID, has dismissed reports that the actor suffered a heart attack. "Dinesh Phadnis is hospitalised and on a ventilator, doctors are observing him," Shetty told to the media. "He has not suffered a heart attack, it is a different treatment and I wouldn't like to comment on it."
On the professional front, Phadnis was a prominent cast member of CID, which aired from 1998 to 2018 on Sony TV. He also played a notable role in the popular sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah and appeared in supporting roles in films like Super 30 and Sarfarosh.