KATHMANDU: Renowned Indian lyricist and poet Rahat Indori, famous for his Urdu poems, is no more. Indori, 70, breathed his last on Tuesday at 5:00pm in his hometown Indore.

He was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Monday. The legendary poet died of a cardiac arrest.

Indori, early on Tuesday morning, had posted a tweet about his coronavirus diagnosis.

https://twitter.com/rahatindori/status/1293005711090180096?s=19

"I was tested for Covid-19 on suffering from preliminary symptoms, the results for which came out positive. I'm admitted at the Aurobindo hospital, pray for my recovery," Indori had tweeted.

He had even requested people to not call him or his family as he would provide updates on his health on social networking sites.

Unfortunately, a tweet regarding his demise was posted on his timeline.

https://twitter.com/rahatindori/status/1293160928884785152?s=19

His poem 'Bulati hai magar janey ka nahin' got viral in the beginning of the year on TikTok and later on other social networking sites too.