Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s sister Syama Tamshi Siddiqui recently passed away at the age of 26. Syama was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 18. After battling with the disease for years, she took her last breath in a hospital in Pune.

The news of Syama’s death was confirmed by her brother Ayazuddin Siddiqui, as Nawazzudin was in the USA. Syama’s funeral will be held at their ancestral village in Uttar Pradesh, Budhana.