When CID’s Daya Aka Dayanand Shetty Reacted To His Link Up Rumors With Co-Star Mona Ambegaonkar: “I Am Married For The Past Six Years And…”

Actor Dayanand Shetty has become a household name for portraying the fiery inspector Daya on the cult crime TV show CID. While he gained a lot of accolades for his performance on the show, did you know that he faced an unwanted linkup rumor on the sets? Yes, you heard that right! He was speculated to be dating his co-star Mona Ambegaonkar. For the unversed, Mona, who is a renowned Marathi actress, was seen playing forensic scientist, Dr Anjalika Deshmukh.

Dayanand Shetty Was Already Married When The Linkup Rumors Began

According to Bollywood Shaadi, Dayanand Shetty was already married to Smitha Shetty when his linkup rumors with Mona Ambegaonkar began. The CID actor also has a daughter, Viva, from his marriage. While the rumors of his alleged extra-marital affair with Mona started in full swing, they got further fueled when Mona delivered a baby in 2005 out of wedlock.

This got the tongues wagging, and the actress in a throwback interview, also refused to name the father of her child. Mona said, “Yeah, you can write about the fact that I have a baby girl. But I won’t tell you the identity of the father until he admits it to the world.” If this was not enough, a source close to the show revealed to a publication, “Everyone believes that Dayanand is the father of Mona’s child. She has confided to her close friends. But he surely can’t confess, because he is married and even has a kid from his first wife.”