Actor Sooraj Pancholi acquitted in Jiah Khan suicide case

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, April 28, 2023: A special CBI court on Friday acquitted Sooraj Pancholi, son of actor Aditya Pancholi, of abetment charges in the Jiah Khan suicide case. Judge AS Sayyad acquitted the film star due to paucity of evidence.

 

Jiah Khan, 25, was found hanging at her Mumbai home in 2013. Her boyfriend, Sooraj Pancholi, was arrested for abetment to suicide after a letter by Jiah Khan revealed their tumultuous relationship.

The note narrated Jiah Khan’s "intimate relationship, physical abuse and mental and physical torture" at the hands of Sooraj, which led her to commit suicide, the CBI had said.

However, Sooraj Pancholi, in his final statement filed before the court, had claimed the investigation and chargesheet were false, adding that the prosecution witnesses testified against him at the behest of complainant Rabia Khan, police and the CBI.

Earlier, Rabia Khan, Jiah Khan’s mother and a key prosecution witness in the case, had told the court that she believed it to be a case of murder and not suicide. She is likely to file an appeal against the Mumbai court order.

Courtesy: India Today