Television actress Pratyusha Banerjee, known for her role of adult Anandi in the serial
Balika Vadhu, allegedly committed suicide in
Mumbai on Friday, police said.
Pratyusha hanged herself from a fan at her
Kandivli residence but was found and taken to the
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital where she succumbed.
Police have taken Banerjee's boyfriend
Rahul Raj Singh for interrogation and her post mortem report will be released by 4 pm on Saturday. Her body is currently at
Sidharth Hospital in
Goregaon. The investigation is happening at
Bangur Nagar police station in Goregaon.
According to sources within the police, the last person to have visited her house was the laundry man.
However, Singh gave his first statement to the police earlier today, claiming he was the one who took Banerjee's body to the hospital.
"We used to stay in a 2 bedroom flat. We had two keys; one key was with Pratyusha and the other was with me. When I entered the bedroom, I found Pratyusha hanging from the ceiling. I got very scared. Immediately, I called the neighbours and with their help, I took her to
Kokilaben Hospital. We assumed that she was alive, but she was not. I got so scared that I did not inform the police. It was the hospital authorities who informed them. After the doctor’s declaration, I called up Pratyusha’s family members and few of our close friends," said Singh
pratyushaPratyusha with boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh.
Image from Instagram.
Initial reports suggested she was facing a turmoil in her personal life.
Her colleagues from the industry and her fans are in complete disbelief with news that the talented young girl, all of 24, is no more.
Veteran actress
Surekha Sikri, who played Dadisa to Pratyusha's character in Balika Vadhu, told
IANS: "I am absolutely shocked. I knew her, she was very sweet. She was a sensitive person, she must have taken something to heart and must have got really emotional."
According to Tanuj Garg, former
CEO of
Balaji Motion Pictures, she had plans to marry her longtime boyfriend
Rahul Singh.
"
Terrible, terrible news about Pratyusha Banerjee. Met her once at a party. How extreme must pressures be to drive one to take one's own life.
Friends met Pratyusha Banerjee and her boyfriend
Rahul (who owns a production house) on
Holi and they seemed happy. They were to get married," Garg shared on Twitter.
Social media went into a tizzy once the news of Pratyusha's suicide surfaced, with many hoping that it is an
April Fools' joke.
Hailing from
Jharkhand, Pratyusha catapulted to fame with her role in Balika Vadhu between 2010-2013.
She was later seen in the reality dance show
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5,
Bigg Boss 7 and hosted some episodes of
Savdhaan India. She recently appeared in
Sasural Simar Ka.
Pratyusha was earlier dating businessman named Makrand Malhotra, with whom she had a bitter break-up and against whom she had lodged a complaint for abusive behaviour.
Earlier this year, Pratyusha had filed an
FIR against eight men, including three policemen, claiming they tried to barge into her residence here in relation with a car loan that her boyfriend Rahul Singh had taken from a bank.
Actress Avika Gor told
India Today TV that she couldn't believe Pratyusha had killed herself. "
I have never seen her depressed or upset," she said.
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- published: 05 Apr 2016
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