Jiah Khan's mother says Salman Khan 'influenced' Sooraj Pancholi case

Pancholi, Jiah's ex-boyfriend, was charged under the Indian Penal Code for abetment of the actor’s suicide in 2018

It has been over two years since Jiah Khan's suicide case made it to the courts. Sooraj Pancholi, Khan's ex-boyfriend was charged under the Indian Penal Code for abetment of the actor’s suicide.

In the charge sheet, the CBI said the body of Jiah was found hanging at her residence in Andheri on that evening by her mother Rabiya Amin. A verdict on the case is yet to be taken. But Khan's mother has now come out with an accusation against Bollywood's superhero Salman Khan.

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s death caused a stir in Bollywood, paving way for several discussions on bullying, favouritism, and nepotism. The 34-year-old actor committed suicide on the morning of June 14, sending shockwaves across the nation. After Rajput’s death, several celebrities stepped forward to share their own experiences of being bullied in the industry.

Amin has recently made headlines when she posted a video online, in which she is seen asking Bollywood to “wake up” and “demolish bullying”, reported India Today.

She also says that years ago, the cops had told her that Salman Khan had told them to keep off actor Sooraj Pancholi, who was being interrogated regarding the late actress’s death case back then.

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The video begins with Amin expressing her condolences to the Kai Po Che star’s family, and calling the incident heartbreaking.

She then says, “Bollywood has to wake up. Bollywood has to completely demolish bullying. And I have to say bullying is also a kind of killing somebody. All that is happening has reminded me of 2015 when I went to meet a CBI officer, who had called me down from London."

She went on to add, "He had said, 'Please come, we have found incriminating evidence'. I land up over there, and he says, 'Oh, by the way, Salman Khan called me up, he calls me every day and he says that he has invested a lot of money. Please don't harass the boy or interrogate him, don't touch him, so what can we do, madam.' He looked frustrated and he was annoyed, I took the matter to Delhi to the higher CBI officers, and I complained about it."

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“If this is how you are going to use your money and power to pressurise and sabotage deaths and investigations. Then, I don’t know where are we, as citizens, to go. Who do we go to? I want to say please stand up, fight, protest, and stop this toxic behaviour in Bollywood," she added.

In June 2013, Jiah Khan's sudden death had left the industry in shock. Actor Sooraj Pancholi was booked for abatement to suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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