Jiah Khan committed suicide, CBI concludes

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has concluded in its charge-sheet that US-born actor Jiah Khan committed suicide on June 3, 2013, following a disturbed relationship with actor Sooraj Pancholi.

“The Board of Forensic Medicine Experts has opined that the death was ‘suicidal’ in nature, which corroborated the observation and opinion of the post-mortem doctor,” the CBI said on Wednesday, after a thorough scientific examination of the documents and material evidence in the case.

Moreover, the Forensic Statement Analysis of the (suicide) note, written by Jiah Khan, had opined that the unsigned three-pager note “allegedly represents her mental status genuinely and the circumstance and reasons behind her suicide,” the CBI said.

Emphasising the charge against Sooraj, the CBI said: “The willful conduct of the accused, narrated in the note of Nafisa Rizvi alias Jiah Khan, and her intimate relationship, physical abuse, mental and physical torture by Sooraj, which she experienced allegedly led the deceased to commit suicide.”

Jiah, 25, was reportedly four weeks pregnant and had allegedly aborted the foetus before she took the extreme step. 

That day (June 3, 2013), Jiah had left Sooraj’s home, where she had stayed with him for two-three days. She and Sooraj had a bitter exchange of words on their mobile phones. Enraged by her messages, Sooraj deleted Jiah’s BlackBerry Messenger account from his mobile, the CBI said.

Later, Jiah called him at midnight and another fight occurred between them which lasted for around 400 pulses, and he had sent certain "abusive and accusatory" text messages from his mobile to her.

When her mother Rabiya returned home, she found Jiah hanging from the bedroom ceiling fan and informed the police.