After the actor’s demise his close friend and gym trainer Sonu Chourasia, has opened up about Sidharth’s fitness regime. Sonu has refused to all the news of Shukla overexerting himself and stated that fitness was his way of life, he also said that Sidharth was against crash diet and rather followed a very healthy lifestyle.

While talking to Times of India, Sonu said, “Overexertion happens to only those who are irregular in their fitness training, for Sidharth it was his way of life and was totally involved in it. Unlike those who often followed trends when it comes to diet he was against any kind of crash diet and loved home-cooked food especially prepared by his mother.”
All these clearly stated that Sidharth was really fond of eating simple homemade food and his workout sessions acquired weight training in the morning and cardio in the evening.

Sonu mentioned that he met Sidharth on the 24th of August before leaving for Bhopal. He said, Sidharth had an ankle injury and so he was taking medicines for that. “This was about two months ago and he took a break of 15 days as the doctors told him not to exert his feet. And that time he did tell me that his stomach had begun bloating because of the steroids and had to do something about it,” said the trainer.

On Thursday, Mumbai police informed a chemical analysis which will be conducted as part of the postmortem procedure of the late actor.

Police have now recorded the family’s statement. In addition to the statement, the officials have outlined the fact that Shukla was fine till yesterday evening.

“It was around 3-4 AM that he started feeling a bit uneasy and complained about chest pain. He asked for cold water and went to sleep, the family. In the morning, he asked for water and again complained about chest pain after which he fell unconscious. He was rushed to  Cooper hospital, where he was declared dead,” said Sidharth’s family.

He was brought dead to the hospital. The cause of death will be known after a post-mortem is conducted… it will take some time,” Cooper Hospital said in a statement.

As per sources, his last rites are likely to take place tomorrow after reports from his postmortem come in.

Soon after the news of Sidharth Sukla’s demise was out, his fans and entire Twitter expressed grief .

He was brought dead to the hospital some time ago,” the senior Cooper Hospital official told PTI.

The news has come as a shocker for Netizens as well as for many celebrities too, sharing their disbelief, his friends and colleagues from the industry took to social media to mourn the sudden demise.

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Our condolences to the family of the lost soul and may the departed soul rest in peace.