Popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee aka Anandi of ‘Balika Vadhu’ ended her life on April1 as she was found hanging by the ceiling fan at her residence in suburban Mumbai. Pratyusha was in a live-in relationship with TV actor and boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh, who is being investigated by the police in this death case.
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The latest update in this case is that ‘Balika Vadhu’ fame Pratyusha was pregnant and may have undergone an abortion just before her alleged suicide. According to a leading daily, doctors at the JJ Hospital have confirmed after post mortem of the body that Pratyusha had conceived a child a few days or a month before she committed suicide. The doctors conducting autopsy also confirmed in their report after the post mortem that Pratyusha could have tried to terminate the pregnancy and abort the child.
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Despite knowing about the pregnancy, it cannot be established who is the father of Pratyusha’s child as no tissues are left to do a DNA test, state the autopsy reports. At the same time, Pratyusha’s hair, nail and blood samples are being tested at Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory in Mumbai, reportedly for any traces of poisoning.
On the other hand, Pratyusha’s boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh has been discharged from the hospital last week. The actor-producer had filed for an anticipatory bail on Aril 7 which was rejected by a Mumbai sessions court. Rahul Raj Singh was granted a week’s interim relief by the Bombay High Court on April 12.
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Deceased Pratyusha Banerjee’s parents had lodged an FIR against Rahul Raj Singh after her suicide, which charged him of abetment of suicide, criminal intimidation and voluntarily causing hurt. As of now, the Bombay High Court has adjourned the anticipatory bail plea of Rahul Raj Singh to April 25 in the Pratyusha Banerjee suicide case.
In the meantime, Rahul Raj Singh’s lawyer Ashok Saraogi has been arrested in a different case.
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