Television producer and director B. P. Singh, creator of C.I.D. and Aahat, died at 77 after a massive heart attack on October 27, confirmed by filmmaker Ashoke Pandit. Born in Dehradun and an FTII alumnus, Singh began at Doordarshan in 1973, later launched C.I.D. in 1998 and occasionally played DCP Shamsher Singh Chitrole; his funeral is on October 28.
