MUMBAI: Here’s a piece of sad news! Senior actor Ashiesh Roy is no more!

He had been keeping unwell during the lockdown. He was suffering from kidney ailment.

The actor breathed his last at his house, Amit Behl Senior Joint Secretary of CINTAA confirmed.

Ashiesh Roy was 55.

"Ashiesh has passed away in his house. Director Arvind Babbal called me to inform about it," Amit said.

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Senior actress Tina Ghai also confirmed and said, "We are grief-stricken. We have activated the Zonal heads at CINTAA. There is a problem in acquiring the death certificate too as he passed away at home.”

Security guard of the Pataliputra building in Jogeshwari where Roy resided picked up and informed a leading daily, "Ashiesh saab died at 3.45 am last night. His servant came running down and said he had a couple of big hiccups and collapsed. Unka health problem toh chal hi raha tha but the servant said he was quite okay yesterday. In fact, he was supposed to undergo a dialysis today, too. "

Ashiesh's sister is arriving from Kolkata. The funeral is expected to be held around late evening.

Ashiesh Roy had been part of serials such as Remix, Banegi Apni Baat, Bymokesh Bakshi, Sasural Simar Ka, among others.

May his soul rest in peace! 

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CREDITS: TIMES OF INDIA