The Kapil Sharma Show comedian Siddharth Sagar, who had reportedly gone missing, was being harassed by his family members, as reported earlier. A friend of Siddharth has now revealed that his mother used to beat him up and tie him to the tyre.  A report on International Business Times quoted Siddharth's friend Somi saying, "We (Somi, Tanu, and Siddharth) used to hangout a lot and suddenly he was unavailable. We had to take some action. Nobody cared enough to even ask. We thought no matter what happens we will find him. That’s when I decided to post and now everyone is concerned. We didn’t want to disclose his personal life but we had no option left. Tanu tried to contact him and also tried to convince his mother to make us meet him but she denied. She said who are we to ask about him and warned us to stay out of the matter."

He further told the portal that his mother threatened him to delete the Facebook post. "She said she will file a complaint against me and book me for extortion as she works in an NGO and has strong contacts. So I got scared and didn’t want all this," she informed.

Revealing the details about what she knew about the Siddharth's mother's behaviour with him, she told the portal, "He shared that his mother and her boyfriend used to beat him. They used to tie him to tyre and hit him. Torture him. He was under depression and used to take pills. He somehow escaped from there and shifted to a hotel apartment. He couldn’t focus on work."

Just a few days back, Siddharth's friend took to social media to express his concern about Siddharth, who had been missing since the last four months. He shared a post on Facebook regarding the same and after seeing that, Siddharth responded by sharing a video on Instagram where he said he will reveal soon how his family members harassed him.

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