Thousands turn up for YouTube star Danish Zehen's funeral

MUMBAI: Danish Zehen, 21-year-old blogger and YouTube star had a great fan following and thousands of his fans and followers attended his funeral to bid him a final goodbye in Kurla, Mumbai.

Danish's fans are in a state of shock since the unfortunate news broke on social media. As soon as the news of Danish's death broke, condolences started pouring in on social media.

Here's a video grab of fans and followers thronging the YouTube sensation's funeral (Video credit: Instagram/Viral Bhayani).

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The funeral of #danishzehen saw thousands of fans and followers on street today. #rip

A post shared by Viral Bhayani (@viralbhayani) on Dec 20, 2018 at 12:44pm PST

Zehen died in an accident on Sion-Panvel Highway in neighbouring Navi Mumbai in the wee hours yesterday, police said. He was driving back to Navi Mumbai after attending a wedding in Kurla here when he lost control of his car and it hit a roadside wall around 12.30 am, a police officer said.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, the official said.



Zehen's brother who was travelling with him sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment.

Zehen was a contestant of the reality TV show 'Ace of Space' and his videos were popular on YouTube.

Host of the reality television show 'Ace of Space' Vikas Gupta expressed his shock at the news, on his Instagram account.

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Danish tu humesha Zehen main Rahega, how do I tell the other houseguests that you aren't coming back. You are the coloured hair king of AceOfSpace #Coolestbadboi You looked like a baby as I saw you lying down, thinking you could wake up anytime. You have long gone but you shall remain always in my #Zehen Thankyou for teaching me this word ♥️

A post shared by Vikas Gupta (@lostboyjourney) on Dec 19, 2018 at 4:20pm PST

Gupta also shared a video of Zehan along with a heart-touching post about him.



Here's the link to his official YouTube channel.