January 31,2018:
Bollywood Actor Sooraj Pancholi has been charged with 'Abetment to Suicide' for death of Actress Jiah Khan in 2013. Sessions Court in Mumbai framed charges against 27-year-old actor, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Sooraj Pancholi's Lawyer stated that,"Sooraj pleaded innocence and examination of witnesses will start from February 14".
According to the chargesheet, Jiah Khan, best known for her performance in film 'Nishabd' starring Amitabh Bachchan, was found hanging at her residence on June 3, 2013 by her mother Rabiya. She had left the house of Sooraj Pancholi, where she had been staying for the last two days, in the morning the same day, it states.
According to CBI, Sooraj Pancholi had "hidden facts and fabricated information" during the questioning.
Sooraj Pancholi, is son of Bollywood couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, had refused to undergo polygraph or brain-mapping tests which Agency wanted to conduct to get to the bottom of his alleged role in the incident.
CBI further added that a three-page note seized by the Mumbai Police, which earlier probed the case, on June 10, 2013, was written by Jiah Khan which narrated her "intimate relationship, physical abuse and mental and physical torture" allegedly at the hands of Sooraj Pancholi which led her to commit suicide.
In October 2013, Rabiya Khan had moved Bombay High Court alleging that her daughter had been murdered and sought a CBI probe, which was granted.
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