Just days after Kanta Prasad, the owner of Delhi's famous roadside eatery ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’, had apologized to Youtube blogger, it has now been revealed that the 81-year-old has now been admitted to Safdarjung hospital after attempting to commit suicide.

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According to Kanta's son Karan, his father had taken sleeping pills with alcohol.

"On Thursday at 11.15 pm, information was received from the Safdarjung Hospital that Prasad was admitted there. Police reached the hospital and collected MLC (medico-legal case) which mentions the intake of alcohol and sleeping pills as the cause of unconsciousness," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Atul Kumar Thakur while speaking to PTI.

Kanta's wife Badami Devi, while speaking to reporters said that he fell unconscious at the shop.

"I don't know what he ate, what he drank. They took him to the hospital after he fell unconscious. Doctors have not told us anything. I don't know what he was thinking," said his wife.

According to the police, his wife had mentioned that Kanta had been depressed for the last few days.

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Kanta Prasad shot to fame last year after a viral video of the elderly couple's tiny roadside kiosk in Malviya Nagar showed a lack of customers.

The video of his plight was shot and shared by YouTube blogger Gaurav Wasan, following which the entire social media united to help the elderly couple with donations and with clientele.

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However, things took a turn when Kanta filed a police case against Gaurav for allegedly swindling the donations, a move for which he just recently apologized.

It is revealed that Kanta was forced to close a restaurant that he had opened up in December of last year after suffering huge losses.

According to reports, this is said to be one of the reasons behind Kanta's struggles of late. 

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