Mumbai Police smells foul play, registers ADR in Om Puri's death

Mumbai Police registers Accidental Death Report (ADR) on Saturday in connection with actor Om Puri's death, who passed away yesterday after suffering a cardiac arrest.

According to reports, the preliminary postmortem report of the deceased actor states that the cause of death as 'unknown', started rumours of foul play involved in the case.

Meanwhile, the Police has also reportedly interrogated his domestic help and driver.

Puri starred in several award-winning Indian movies and also featured in crossover ventures, was born on October 18, 1950, to a Punjabi family in Ambala, Haryana.

The actor, who had more than 100 films to his credits, was also an alumnus of the 1973 class of the National School of Drama (NSD) where Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student.

He was honoured with Padma Shri and two National Film Awards during his acting career that stretched for more than four decades.