'Gully Boy' fame rapper MC Tod Fod passes away, Ranveer Singh, Zoya Akhtar pay tributes
Mumbai(PTI): Actors Ranveer Singh, Siddhant Chaturvedi and filmmaker Zoya Akhtar on Tuesday mourned the loss of rapper Dharmesh Parmar, popularly known as MC Tod Fod, who passed away on March 20.
The Dadar-based rapper died aged 24.
His death was confirmed by the Mumbai hip-hop group Swadesi, of which he was a part of, on Monday. The cause of his death is not yet known.
Parmar was known for his rap songs in Hindi and Gujarati and was also a part of Akhtar's 2019 drama "Gully Boy", contributing to its music.
Singh, who fronted the story of a rapper's rise from the streets, took to Instagram and posted a photo of Parmar with a heartbreak emoticon.
Chaturvedi, who also starred in the film, took to Instagram and shared a screenshot of his chat with Parmar.
In the chat, the actor had congratulated him for his "Gully Boy" track "India 91".
"RIP Bhai," Chaturvedi wrote.
Akhtar posted a picture of the rapper on her Instagram feed.
"You have gone way too soon. I can only be grateful our paths crossed. Rest in peace Bantai," she wrote.
The official Instagram page of Swadesi Movement posted a video of the rapper's perfomance from 'Swadesi Mela'.
"You had to be there to experience it, his thrill, his love for playing live music. You are never forgotten, you will always live through with your music," the post read.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
