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Sooraj Pancholi broke up with Jiah Khan a month before her death, claims Zarina Wahab: 'She was about to try her luck in...'
Jiah (25) was found dead at her home in Mumbai on 3 June 2013. Sooraj was booked by Mumbai Police one week letter after the incident based on a letter that was seized and he was arrested read more
Zarina Wahab has finally opened up about her son Sooraj Pancholi dating the late actress Jiah Khan and claimed that the Ghajini star took her life due to getting rejection from the Telugu industry.
'A lot of people don't know this, so I want to clarify it. The friendship or whatever they had…Salman was about to launch him (Sooraj), so I asked him to put a stop to it. He broke it off with her (Jiah) because her mother also wasn't happy about it. She asked if she could meet him sometimes, and he agreed to, only as a friend. They had broken up a month before the incident took place,' said Zarina while talking to Nayandeep Rakshit.
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'She was about to try her luck in Telugu films, but she got rejected on the spot. She was supposed to act with Gopichand; they took Rakul Preet in that film later on. She tried to call Sooraj, but he was busy and couldn't pick up her call. By the time he got back to her that night, she was already dead. Now, isn't it wrong for people to blame him? Only God knows what happened to her. Maybe she couldn't handle that rejection in the south well. He went through a lot for 10 years; he was in his early 20s. I cannot explain what we went through as a family,' she added.
Jiah (25) was found dead at her home in Mumbai on 3 June 2013. Sooraj was booked by Mumbai Police one week letter after the incident based on a letter that was seized and he was arrested. The letter mentioned her troubled relationship with Pancholi and alleged he mentally and physically abused her.
In 2023, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court acquitted Sooraj in the case as Judge AS Sayyed said, 'Due to paucity of evidence, this court can't hold you (Sooraj Pancholi) guilty, hence acquitted.'
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