Overview

• Actor Sonu Sood announced Avijot’s death on X and said he will support the child’s parents.
• The eight-year-old had nephrotic syndrome requiring specialist follow-ups at PGIMER Chandigarh every two months.
• Family accounts said treatment and travel were upended after monsoon flooding destroyed their farmland and cut off routes.
• Reports estimated medical and travel expenses at about ₹45,000 every two months for the bi‑monthly care.
• Sood had met Avijot during September flood relief visits, and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had also pledged assistance.