Actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal has died of cardiac arrest in Mumbai. Pal was in Mumbai to visit his daughter and complained of chest pain at the airport. He was scheduled to return to Kolkata but was immediately rushed to a hospital in Juhu. Pal was suffering from heart ailment and has been to hospital several times for treatment. He is survived by his daughter and wife.
Pal remained away from films after CBI arrested him in the Rose Valley chit-fund scam in December 2016 and was given bail after 13 months.A romantic hero, having endeared himself to the Bengali audience since his debut film Dadar Kirti in 1980, Paul became a known household name because of his lead roles in Saheb (1981), Parabat Priya (1984), Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985), Anurager Choyan (1986) and Amar Bandhan (1986). He was awarded the Filmfare Award for Saheb (1981).