CBI rapped for ‘leak’, Sooraj appears in court

A special court on Friday rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for leaking to media parts of its charge-sheet in the actress Jiah Khan suicide case, saying this was ‘very serious” and asked the agency to be careful in future.

Two days after the CBI filed its charge-sheet in the case, accused Sooraj Pancholi on Friday appeared before a Special Women’s court, which has adjourned the matter till January 18.

As Sooraj collected the copy of the charge-sheet and left, Special Judge AS Shende adjourned the case, observing, “How come the contents of the charge-sheet is known to media even before I got to know about it. The CBI is the only source from where it got leaked. This is a very serious thing. Be careful about it in future.” 

Meanwhile, outside the court, Jiah’s mother Rabiya Khan said she was not satisfied with the charge-sheet. “I am not happy with the charge-sheet, there is much more to be revealed,” she said.

Sooraj (25), who made his debut in Hindi film industry recently, has been charged by the CBI with allegedly abetting suicide of Jiah, who he had met in September 2012 and the friendship blossomed into an “intimate relationship” , the charge-sheet states.

As per the charge-sheet, it is alleged that on June 3, 2013, when Jiah was found hanging by her mother at her residence, she had left the house of Sooraj in the morning. Sooraj and Jiah had the been staying together for two days.

According to the CBI, Sooraj had hidden facts and fabricated information during questioning, the forensic analysis of his statements have indicated. The analysis, which is part of charge-sheet, has “established that Sooraj was concealing relevant information about actual reason behind the incident and the statement given by him is incomplete and fabricated,” CBI sources claimed, while giving details of the charge-sheet.