Actor Amir Siraji on life support

Film actor Amir Siraji has been put on life support at a private hospital in the city.

On Friday night, he was admitted to the private hospital in Rampura are following breathing difficulties. Later he was put on life support.

Zayed Khan, general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes Association, wrote in his Facebook post, “Amir Siraji Bhai, a respected member of the artistes’ association and a popular actor, has been kept on life support due to shortness of breath. May Allah help him.”

Amir Siraji earlier suffered a heart attack on December 26 last year and was treated at the Incentive Care Unit (ICU) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) in the capital. On January 2, he returned home after recovery.