Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Actors React To Kavi Kumar Azad's Passing: He Was A Happy-Go-Lucky Guy. firstpost.com

Azad had been unwell for the past few days and was admitted to Wockhardt Hospital, according to News18. He reportedly slipped into a coma at night on Sunday (8 July). Asit Kumar Modi, the show's creator issued a statement to IANS saying, "We are very sad to inform the loss of our senior actor Kavi Kumar Azad. He was playing the character of Dr. Hathi in Taarak Mehta… We lost him to a massive cardiac arrest today morning".