Jiah Khan suicide case: Mumbai court rejects CBI’s request for further investigation

A special CBI court in Mumbai on Thursday dismissed petitions seeking permission for further probe into the alleged suicide of Bollywood actress Jiah Khan. Trial is already going on in the case. The petitions were filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan. Actor Sooraj Pancholi was booked for allegedly abetment to suicide in the case and is now out on bail.

The CBI had sought permission from the court to send a ‘dupatta’, which was used by Jiah for hanging. He also wanted to send the confiscated cellphones to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US to retrieve the ‘deleted’ chat between Jia and Pancholi.

Pancholi’s lawyer Prashant Patil objected to the petitions, saying that the High Court and Supreme Court have already decided on this matter. After hearing the arguments, Special Judge AS Sayyed dismissed the petition.

Jiah Khan, known for her performance in the film “Nishabd”, was found hanging at her residence on June 3, 2013. Bollywood couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab’s son Sooraj Pancholi was reportedly in a relationship with her.

The CBI alleged that a three-page note written by Jia that was seized by the Mumbai Police (which had initially probed the case) contained her and Sooraj’s “intimate relationship” and “her physical abuse and physical abuse” by Sooraj. mental and physical torture”. which led to the suicide.

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