Sister claims Saiyyam was assaulted, abused by her boyfriend.
By Akanksha Warrier
MUMBAI: After Jiah Khan’s shocking death last year, now comes news of a struggling actress named Saiyyam Khanna who allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her Yari Road flat in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Saiyyam, who was last seen in the horror film, The Haunted House, was apparently suffering from depression which is believed to have forced her to take the drastic step.
Riya, Saiyyam’s younger sister. reportedly stated that Saiyyam was depressed due to radical relationship with her boyfriend who happens to be the son of a well-known actor and alleged that Saiyyam’s boyfriend used to assault and abuse her sister. Riya, who lost her parents several years ago, however, didn’t want to file a police complaint since she felt she didn’t have the backing to fight for justice.
According to the police, on August 30, a day before the incident, Saiyyam had asked her sister to go to the market to purchase vegetables. Riya studies in Dehradun but had come down to Mumbai to stay with her sister, since July 22.
Before Riya left the house, Saiyyam hugged her and told her she loved her. She asked her sister to come back home, eat dinner and go to sleep without disturbing her, as she was resting. Riya returned from the market and watched TV late into the night. All the while, she could hear the strains of the song ‘Tum Ho’ from Rockstar play in her sister’s room on loop. Thinking that her sister had fallen asleep with her iPod on, she went in and found her hanging from the ceiling fan. Riya then called the police.
Police said the actress also left behind a suicide note in which she holds nobody responsible for her drastic step and that nobody should be questioned after her death. Writing that she was willingly committing suicide and that she loved her sister, she emailed the note from her Gmail account, from her iPad.
Versova police doesn’t see any foul play yet. According to Senior Police Inspector, Arundhati Rane, “She was upset because she wasn’t getting any work. This could be the reason she took this step. So far, we have seized her iPad through which she wrote the suicide letter, and other valuables. On the basis of primary information, we have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR). Further investigations are on.”