'CID' and 'Aahat' creator BP Singh dies after heart attack

Veteran TV producer-director Brijendra Pal Singh, creator of the long-running crime show CID and horror hit Aahat, has died after a massive heart attack, filmmaker Ashoke Pandit said. CID premiered in 1998 and became one of Indian television's longest-running shows. Singh's last rites were held at Oshiwara Crematorium in Mumbai's Jogeshwari on Wednesday.