Tele Samad seriously ill

Gravely ill noted comedian and film actor Tele Samad is undergoing treatment at the high dependency unit (HDU) of Square Hospitals in the capital.

The actor, from Munshiganj, was admitted to the hospital on December 4 with difficulty in food ingestion due to low count of platelet in his blood, said his eldest daughter Sohela Samad Kakoli.

He was taken to the HDU unit and placed under the care the observation of an endocrinologist on Friday when his condition deteriorated, she said requesting everyone to pray for her father's early recovery.

Tele Samad returned home in September last year after having a bypass surgery in the US. He acted in almost 600 Bangla films.