Tunisha Sharma Death: Mumbai Police Say Tunisha, Sheezan Broke Up 15 Days Ago
Mumbai: A young television actress Tunisha Sharma allegedly died by suicide on Saturday and her co-star Sheezan Mohammed Khan was arrested following a complaint filed by Tunisha’s mother with the Mumbai police.
A case of abetment to suicide was registered against Sheezan, the police said on Sunday. Sheezan was sent to four-day police custody by Vasai court in Mumbai. The police have also called Parth Zutshi, another co-actor, for questioning in the case.
Meanwhile, reacting to the speculations that the young actress was pregnant, the police have ruled out pregnancy speculations and said that the post-mortem reports of the deceased actress have specified she passed away due to suffocation after ‘hanging’. The police said Tunisha Sharma and Sheezan Mohammed Khan were in a relationship and they broke up 15 days ago.
“Tunisha Sharma used to work as an actress in a TV show. Tunisha Sharma and Sheezan Khan had a love affair. They had a breakup 15 days ago after which she died by suicide on the sets of her show,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Chandrakant Jadhav said during a press conference here.
Tunisha Sharma was found dead on the sets of ‘Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul’ sets on Saturday. The TV actor Tunisha has also acted in a few Bollywood movies including Fitoor, Baar Baar Dekho, Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh and Dabangg 3.
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(With inputs from ANI)