Reportedly, Shehnaaz Gill was present when Sidharth passes away. She was the first person who saw Sidharth lying down unconsciously on Thursday morning. She also tried to call up and wake him up by making him lay on her lap but he was long gone. Upon realising that he had turned cold, she immediately informed his mother and they called up his sister and their family doctor, where he was confirmed dead.

A report says, “Shehnaaz told the police that she tried desperately to wake up Sidharth. His head was in her lap. But his body had turned cold. That’s when Shehnaaz realised he was gone. Much before they reached Cooper Hospital,”

Earlier, Shehnaaz’s father also confirmed to media about how pale she turned after the death of Sidharth Shukla. He said, “I spoke to her. She is not fine. My son Shehbaaz has left for Mumbai to be with her and I will be going later. I am not in the condition to talk right now. I cannot believe whatever has happened.”

Forensic department head Dr R Sukhdeve confirms and said that “No external injuries were found on the body”. The actor reportedly died due to heart attack. His last rites were done at a Mumbai crematorium on Friday. Many of his friends, colleagues and family came to give his last tribute to the late actor.

Many of his fans mourned on the grief of losing their favorite actor, where some user also expressed how they will miss SidNaaz which they gave during Bigg Boss 13, the name which they gave to Sidharth Shukla and Shehnaaz Gill.

After the heartbreaking news of Sidharth’s early demise many of the Bollywood celebrities also took to their social media handle to show their grief including Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn and many more.

The late actor was lastly seen on screen as the male lead in web series Broken But Beautiful 3 this year and appeared as guest in Kapil Sharma hosted Bigg Boss OTT.

The unfortunate news has left everyone speechless and all his co actors and friends expressed their grief for their huge loss. Comedian Kapil Sharma took to twitter handle and penned a note for the 40 year old actor and his family “Oh god, it’s really shocking n heartbreaking, my condolences to the family n prayers for the departed soul. Om Shanti.” While on the other side Arti Singh and Shefali Jariwala who used to be Siddharth’s other Bigg Boss 13 co-contestants reached his house to be the support for his mother who lost her son.

Himanshi Khurrana who is still in shock mourned down in his social media handle. He wrote, “Kahani khatam hui or aise khatam hui ki ………………sab ro diye taliya bjate 💔 #ripsidharthshukla #omshanti.”

Asim who shared a very special bond with the late actor while they were in the Bigg Boss house left heartbroken and penned down a very sorrowful note with a couple of picture of himself and the actor from the sets of Bigg Boss, “💔 I m gonna meet you in heaven brother…R I P sidharthshukla.” Asim also shared a video clip with the song “Tera Yaar Hoon” playing in the background. Along with the video, he wrote, “I had dream in the morning about the big boss journey…. And I saw Siddarth after watching his bb clip he came and gave a hug to me…💔 I stil can’t believe this , see you on the other side SiD.”

The shocked Shefali Bagga says to media, “Fans were messaging me on social media but it all seemed so unbelievable. Then I started getting calls from media and realised it was true. I am yet to come in terms with the loss. He was too young to go so soon,” she says this to indianexpress.com. Sheffali further says that he was an encouraging and positive man and even though they had some bad moment spent inside the house he always stood for her, and others, who he felt were right.

Commenting on his physique, Sheffali says, “He was probably the strongest among all of us. He was so fit and would be working out and even eating right. When he came back from the hospital after suffering from food poison, he would be so active and always ready to take up challenges. A man so young, so fit died this way is too difficult to comprehend.” She further said that she always got Sidharth’s news from Shehnazz as she could not afford to keep a constant touch with the late actor for her busy schedule. One being asked how Shehnazz reacted after the news of the demise of Sidharth Shukla, she days “I had been trying to call her but she did not answer. Now her phone is switched off. It’s too difficult a time for all of us.”

Sidharth was also a guest of this year’s Bigg Boss OTT and was seen as the male lead in web series Broken But Beautiful 3 this year.