Singh is in hospital for alleged hypertension.
By Dileep Thekkethil
The investigating team that is probing the sensational case of TV serial actress Pratyusha Banarjee’s suicide on Tuesday registered a case abetment to suicide against her boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh.
Rahul who was in a live-in relationship with Pratyusha is currently hospitalized for alleged hypertension.
The FIR was lodged against Rahul after Pratyusha’s mother Soma gave a new statement to the police on Tuesday afternoon.
The Bangur Nagar police have registered the case under sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
Pratyusha’s parents had earlier said that their daughter and Rahul quarrelled frequently and, at last, they intervene to resolve the disputes.
In her statement to the police, the TV actor’s mother Soma said, “I used to live with Pratyusha at her Kandivli flat. When (she and Rahul) would have fights, they would live separately. I counselled them to not fight so much and concentrate on their careers.”
In a press conference on Monday, Pratyusha’s friends Kamya Punjabi and Vikas Gupta claimed that Rahul was cheating on her and their relationship was going through a rough phase.
“Some days ago she called me and said Rahul is cheating on her. Three-four days ago, when I got a call in Delhi, I told her I’ll come and sort out everything. She said she can’t live like this anymore and wanted to get out of this relationship. She said she needed help and wanted to file a case against Rahul,” Kamya claimed.
Soon after the death of the Balika Vadhu actress, her boyfriend was admitted to the hospital after he complained of chest pain. A grieving Rahul was seen visiting the hospital in Mumbai on Saturday. His lawyer Neeraj Gupta said Rahul is under severe stress.
Pratyusha’s co-stars on Tuesday gathered at a gurudwara in Andheri for a condolence prayer meeting.