Somi Saxena: Sidharth Sagar told me that his mother and her boyfriend used to tie him to tyre and hit him

Sidharth Sagar today decided to clear the air and posted a video on his Instagram handle, talking about his disappearance and letting fans know that he was fine. Although he didn't disclose his present location, he assured fans and followers that he will speak to media in 2-3 days.

By Pallavi Singh

Updated on Mar 30, 2018 | 10:42 PM IST | 7.8M

Comedian Sidharth Sagar, who is best known for his onscreen characters such as Selfie Mausi and Naseer, grabbed the headlines yesterday after it was reported that he had gone missing.

Somi Saxena, who is reportedly Sidharth’s close friend revealed through a Facebook post that he has been missing for a while now and was last seen in November. She had posted, ‘’You guys remember him Siddharth Sagar aka selfie Mausi urf Naseer this guy is missing since 4 month last seen on 18 November 2017. Nobody knows where he is. He is my very good friend please help me find him spread this as much as u can.’’

However, Saxena deleted the post hours after it went viral on social media.

Today, Sidharth decided to clear the air and posted a video on his Instagram handle, talking about his disappearance and letting fans know that he was fine.

Although he didn't disclose his present location, he assured fans and followers that he will speak to media in 2-3 days.

When a leading website contacted Somi, she revealed, "His (Sidharth) mother was pressurizing me. They asked me to delete the post as it got a lot of hype. I just wanted to know if he was fine and was concerned about his well-being. 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."

After her threats, Somi said that she received a phone call from a lady sub-inspector named Apte from Navi Mumbai's NRI Police Station. The officer asked her to take down the missing post on Facebook. She also allegedly threatened her by saying that she caused harassment to Siddharth's mother.

"After a few hours, Sidharth called me and said he was fine and thankful about the post and I can take it off. He said he will call me in 2-3 days. I am happy about the video he posted. Everybody was against me. They didn't believe me,’’ she said.

Explaining why she had to upload a post like this for Sidharth, Somi said, "We (Somi, Tanu, and Sidharth) 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 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," Somi revealed.