Mukesh Khanna, a 62-year-old actor who recently dismissed the fake news of his death, on Thursday said that his sister has died due to COVID-19. He took to Facebook and wrote in Hindi, “Yesterday I struggled to tell the truth of the false news about my death. But I did not know that a terrible truth is hovering over me. Today my only elder sister Kamal Kapoor has passed away in Delhi, I am very sorry for her death, we have all come into the family.” He shared a picture with his sister and expressed his grief.

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He added, “After defeating Covid in 12 days, she was defeated by lung congestion. Do not know how God is calculating. Really, I am shaken for the first time in my life,” he added. ‘

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Khanna has played many roles in TV shows and films. He played the role of Bhishma Pitamah in BR Chopra’s immensely popular epic TV show Mahabharat and was famous for his role as Shaktimaan.