Rahul Raj Singh used to beat and abuse Pratyusha Banerjee: FIR
A case of abetment of suicide, assault and intimidation was registered against actor-producer Rahul Raj Singh in connection with the death of his girlfriend and TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee after her mother recorded a fresh statement on Tuesday. Rahul, who is in hospital, is likely to be arrested after his discharge.
Pratyusha’s parents told police that she was a top TV actor and earning well when Rahul came into her life. “He lied to her about his properties….He took full control of her life. He used to beat and abuse her often. ” Her father also said Pratyusha had recently learned that Raj had a nine-year-old son from an earlier relationship.
Soma and Shankar Banerjee, pa rents of Pratyusha who became a household name after playing “Anandi” in Balika Vadhu, said Rahul had threatened to dump her if her parents lived with her. So Pratyusha started living with him and her parents lived at their hometown.
Rahul, who is in his thirties, continues to remain in hospital where he was admitted after complaining about chest pain on Sunday. He is likely to be arrested after his discharge. “We will move an anticipatory bail plea in court on Wednesday, “said Neeraj Gupta, Rahul’s advocate.
Pratyusha had hanged herself in her seventh-floor flat in Goregaon on April 1.
“Rahul lied to her that he had four flats and cars in Mumbai, 150 acres in his hometown and his mother is an MLA.. He took full control of her life. He wouldn’t let her meet her friends or use her phone. He taunted her about her past relationships. He used to beat and abuse her often and neighbours at the Kandivli house where they lived had once heard a loud sound when she got hurt,” they added. “Debts had started piling up and paying house rent had become difficult.”
In January this year, she complained to her uncle Deepankar and his wife about the torture. She also showed them a bruise she had sustained on her leg. Her uncle told her to get a medical examination done. A day before her death, she had again complained to her uncle and her parents about the abuse. “Pratyusha did not separate as she wanted to make the relationship work,” her parents said.
“We have told the police everything. We want the strongest possible punishment for Rahul,” said Shankar. “When we heard the news, we went numb. We didn’t know what to do, how to react. Pratyusha’s friends organized everything for us and we landed in Mumbai. After that, taking our daughter’s body to the crematorium, laying her on the funeral pyre, putting her ashes into the river… Amar matha kaj korchhilo na (I couldn’t think). We performed all her last rites on Monday following the custom for untimely death or under inauspicious circumstances. That is why we were silent till then. It was important for us to ensure that her soul rests in peace before we could bring ourselves to think and take the right action. It was her mother who registered the FIR,” Shankar said.
Asked if they had been aware of what was troubling their daughter, Shankar said: “We knew that Rahul was troubling her, but not to this extent. She would call us sometimes and tell us about a few things. We realized that she was being stopped from calling us too often. But we heard all about it from her close friends after getting here. Now we know what was going on. I’ve lost my daughter and I have nothing more to lose but I cannot rest if he isn’t punished. Rahul should either get a life sentence or capital punishment. No other girl should have to die like my daughter did,” said Shankar.
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Source:Timesofindia
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