EXCLUSIVE | Sidharth Shukla Death: Bigg Boss 13 Runner-Up Asim Riaz Started 'Shivering' On Hearing News, Rushed To Hospital, Says Brother Umar Riaz

Sidharth Shukla death: The sudden demise of actor Sidharth Shukla has shocked the Indian film and television industry.

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As the Indian showbiz industry and fans woke up to the shocking news of actor Sidharth Shukla's death on Thursday, his colleagues and friends expressed their grief on Twitter and are still in a state of shock!

Sidharth was 40. The actor passed away in Mumbai's Cooper Hospital after suffering a massive heart attack in the morning.

Meanwhile, Sidharth’s co-contestant in Bigg Boss 13 and the show’s first runner-up, Asim Riaz too has expressed his disbelief and became numb and started shivering as he heard the news of the actor passing away.

While talking to ABP Live Asim’s brother Umar who too had met Sidharth in the Bigg Boss house revealed that his brother headed straight to the Cooper hospital to meet the late actor’s family, Sidharth was like an elder brother to Asim, added Umar.

Umar too expressed his shock and disbelief over the news and said that he use to admire Sidharth a lot and still can't believe that the actor is no more!

Umar further revealed that after Bigg Boss ended, they had met at party where Sidharth was cordial to the Riaz brothers and even extended his apology to Asim for what happened in the Bigg Boss house.  

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For the uninitiated, Sidharth and Asim started off as BFFs in the Bigg Boss house however their equation changed later and they turned into arch-rivals, the duo even indulged in many fights in the Bigg Boss house.

Umar said that after the show ended Sidhrtah had extended his apology and said that whatever happened in the show should end there and he is like an elder brother to Asim.