'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai' Actress Divya Bhatnagar Dies Of COVID-19, Devoleena Bhattacharjee Pays Tribute

Just when we thought 2020 couldn't get any worse, it's proving out to be the opposite. In another tragic news, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actress Divya Bhatnagar?has passed away due to COVID-19 complications. She was 34 years old.?

In November, she was hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus. Her health condition however deteriorated and she was put on ventilator.

Her co-star and friend Devoleena Bhattacharjee penned an emotional note.?

"Jab koi kisi k saath nahi hota tha toh bas tu hi hoti thi...Divu tu hi toh meri apni thi jisse main daant sakti thi,ruth sakti thi,dil ki baat keh sakti thi..I know life was tooo hard on you..the pain is intolerable...but i know today you must be in a better place and free from all the sorrows,pains,sadness,cheats,lies..i will miss you divu and tu bhi jaanti thi i loved you and cared for you...Badi tu thi par bacchi bhi tu hi thi...God bless your soul.Jahan bhi hai tu abhi bas khush reh.You will be missed & remembered.I love you @divyabhatnagarofficial.Too soon to be gone my friend... Om shanty," she wrote.

Actress Shilpa Shirodkar also paid tribute.

"Im so so so heartbroken ? RIP my dearest divya (sic)", she wrote.

A week ago, Divya's mother had shared her daughter's health update and said that her oxygen had dipped quite low. She also revealed about her marriage to boyfriend Gagan, whom she referred to as fraud.?

"He has left her and is not bothered to even come forward for a while. She married without informing us. I am aghast that post-marriage she has been living in a very small place in Oshiwara. She was living in a big house at Mira Road earlier. She has undergone a lot in the recent past," she said.

The actress who played the role of housemaid Gulabo in the StarPlus show had also worked in Jeet Gayi Toh Piyaa Morre and Sanskaar - Dharohar Apni Ki among other shows.