Suraj Pancholi in Police remand for her Girlfriend Suicide

Suraj, son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was yesterday arrested after being booked under IPC Section 306 for allegedly abetting Jiah's suicide.

Seeking his custody, police told the court that they have recovered five love letters exchanged between Suraj and Jiah and they wanted to verify the contents.

Public Prosecutor A.K. Pacharane said that the CCTV footage of the hotel and house has been recovered and also added that there were serious allegations of threat, assault and rape against Suraj.

In the remand application the prosecution sector said that a distressed Jiah had aborted their baby and this aspect too needed to be probed.

Accepting the arguments, Magistrate remanded Suraj in police custody till June 13 rejecting his lawyer Zameer Khan’s contention saying that the Jiah note did not name Suraj and was not signed by her.

Defense counsel said that the note was found after three days after Jiah death and not immediately.

Zameer Khan also claimed that 21 year old Suraj could not have given any commitment to 25 year old Jiah during their short term relationship of just 6 to 8 months.

"Jiah was obsessive and possessive...it does not mean Suraj should be pinned," he said.

He also mentioned that the actress was a troubled child and was in depression for many years.

The defence told the court that statements of 23 witnesses have been recorded and gadgets of Suraj have already been impounded by police.

5 love letters flipped of Suraj Pancholi’ closet in Jiah suicide case

Suraj Pancholi, Jiah Khan Boyfriend to be in police custody till tomorrow.

Police has found five love letters that has been exchanged between Jiah Khan and Suraj Pancholi in a search operation that was held at the latter’s residence on Tuesday. The police have also discovered some medical documents from Jiah’s house. Now, the police at their fast in verifying the documents.

In the meantime, Andheri Metropolitan court has remanded Pancholi in Police custody till June 13.

Additional commissioner of Police, Vishwas Nangre Patil said that, ““We have lodged a case and arrested Pancholi on the charge of abetment suicide considering Jiah‘s mother Rabiya’s statement and the six-page suicide note written by the actor. We are verifying the letter with the help of handwriting and forensic experts.”

A police official also said that, “We are checking with the hospital where she had taken medical treatment and trying to find out about her abortion.” Police department is investing more on the words like rape, assault, torture, cheating and abortion and they are not going to leave any stone unturned to get to the bottom of the case.

Rabiya claimed that Suraj and Jiah were in a live-in relationship for the past one year and alleged that Suraj must have assaulted her as was evident by the bruises on her chin and neck.

“We are verifying whether Suraj assaulted her or not. We are waiting for the post mortem and forensic reports which may throw light on the fact. Rabiya also claimed Suraj had promised Jiah that he would marry her,” said another officer. “We are also trying to figure out whether Suraj had actually hit Jiah on the day of the incident and whether she was upset after Suraj sent her a ‘break-up bouquet’ in the evening,”

“We are questioning Suraj’s servant Deva and several other people to know about their relationship,” the officer added. 

However, till now, the police have not checked the messages in Jiah’s two mobile phones as they have not been able to crack the password. “The messages will help us to get more information about them. We have engaged experts to open the boxes,” he added.

Priyanka Chopra's father Ashok Chopra Cermated

Bollywood Actresses Priyanka Chopra father Ashok Chopra who lost his breath last Monday afternoon was immolated on Monday evening at Oshiwara crematorium.

Bollywood celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Parineeti Chopra, Karan Johar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Punit Malhotra, Anurag Basu, Ramesh Taurani, Arjan Bajwa - attended the cremation and showed their respect to army retired Ashok Chopra.

Last rites of Ashok Chopra took place between 5.30 p.m. and 6.00 p.m.

Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor reached Kokilaben Hospital after hearing of Ashok Chopra's demise and were with Priyanka and her family when the body was taken to her residence.

Suraj Pancholi will stay in police custody till June 13 for Jiah suicide case

The Juhu police Monday evening arrested Sooraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, for allegedly abetting the suicide ofactor Jiah Khan. The arrest came after her mother, Rabiya Amin, submitted a six-page letter, purportedly written by Jiah, detailing the "difficult relationship" between Jiah and Sooraj.

The last conversation Jiah had was with Sooraj at 10.53 pm that day. Juhu police had recorded Sooraj's statement on June 4.

Rabiya said the family found the letter in Jiah's wallet in her room two days after she died. The letter states that Jiah was beaten up and forced to abort.

"The arrest is based on Rabiya's complaint and her statement," said Cherring Dorje, DCP (Zone 9). He added that the letter would be treated as evidence, though there was no mention of the name 'Sooraj' anywhere in the letter.

The police initially detained Sooraj for over 90 minutes and questioned him over the contents of the letter. "He has admitted to the abortion and confessed that he hurt her physically. We arrested him after questioning," said an officer.

Sooraj said he had been avoiding Jiah for over two months, but could not after a point as she was very emotional, an officer said.

Rabiya on Monday told the police that Sooraj had physically and mentally tortured Jiah. She said Aditya Pancholi was against the affair, as Jiah was older than Sooraj.

"When Jiah came to London for her birthday a few months ago, she had bruises on her face. I asked her about it and she told me she was in love with Sooraj. I called her sisters to the room and she broke down," said Rabiya. "She once told me: 'He abuses me, hits me, doesn't respect me and embarrasses me in front of his friends'. I asked her to walk out of the abusive relationship and stop talking to him," she added.

Rabiya rubbished reports that Jiah was depressed. "She had no work-related problems and was happy. She had asked me to attend a film festival with her when she came to London. She had signed an English film recently," Rabiya said.

Meanwhile, the police are awaiting the handwriting analysis report of the letter to ascertain whether its author was Jiah. "We will present Sooraj before court on Tuesday," said Arun Bhagat, senior inspector.

Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra's father dead

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra's father Ashok Chopra, who was hospitalised at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital passed away Monday afternoon.

Hospital COO Ram Narain said that, “He passed away at 12.30 p.m today (Monday). He was undergoing cancer treatment.”

 Ashok Chopra was hospitalized about 17 days ago and was undergoing cancer treatment for the past few years but this time he was in a fatal stage.

His daughter Priyanka Chopra cancelled all her film shoots and was by her father side for the last few days.

Ashok Chopra was a retired army lieutenant colonel. He retired from the army in the year 1997.

Chopra is survived by his wife Madhu, also a former army doctor, daughter Priyanka and son Siddharth.