Suraj Pancholi was arrested late Monday in Mumbai, Officer D. Deokar said.
Deokar confirmed Khan, 25, committed suicide at her home in Mumbai last week.
A letter she wrote alleges that Pancholi cheated on her, physically abused her and forced her to have an abortion. Police authenticated the letter was from Khan, and Indian media have published it.
Pancholi's parents are actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab. Neither they nor their son has spoken about the allegations.
Khan began her career in the 2007 Hindi film Nishabd in which she portrayed a teenager in love with her best friend's father, played by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. She had also performed with other top stars, including Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar.
This is a common and very unfortunate occurence in india.
ReplyDeleteMental health issues like depression or worse are not acknowledged and treated and in most families problems and issues are not openly discussed at all. This has lead to to a high # of suicides and if the individual leaves a letter blaming a teacher, boss, boyfriend, spouse or anyone, the named person/s are immediately arrested. it's just a convenient cop out for the authorities.
The accused are let out on bail eventually and then the case works its way through the slow and corrupt court system while they try and pay the authorities off. It's terribly unfair as there is almost no way to prove your innocence in many cases and the burden is on the accused.
A friend is from India and told me it is not uncommon for someone to get arrested if they are believed to be responsible for someone's suicide. I, on the other hand believe that the person responsible for the suicide is the person who committed suicide.
Just my humble opinion.
Thanks Big Boy for your input ,no matter how bad it is in our country ... it's always nice to live in a free country .
ReplyDeleteOur justice syatem is not the best ... but it's a hell've lot better than most .
But hey , that's just me and the way I roll.