New shocking twist in suicide case.
By Sreekanth A. Nair
The suicide case of television actress Pratyusha Banerjee has taken a new twist as the police said on Tuesday that the 24-year-old actress was pregnant and had undergone an abortion not long before her alleged suicide on April 1, reported The Times of India.
The doctors at the JJ Hospital, Mumbai have confirmed the fact after conducting a histopathological examination of tissues from the uterus.
“The findings showed that there was a conception few days or a month before her demise, and there was a premature death of the foetal cell. The products of conception, or the placental or foetal tissue in the uterus found following delivery, termination of pregnancy or a miscarriage, were infected and degenerated. That usually hints towards a secondary infection, probably occurring due to an attempt to terminate the pregnancy,” a source close to the investigation told The Times of India.
According to a report in India Today, Banerjee’s boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh told the investigation team that she conceived in January and underwent an abortion in the first week of March.
According to experts, it would be very difficult to establish the paternity of the child as there are no tissues left. Her viscera samples have been sent for detailed forensic examination and hair, nail and blood samples have been preserved for DNA analysis.
Banerjee, famous for her role in the popular serial Balika Vadhu, was found hanging at her house in Mumbai, on April 1. It was revealed that she had a troubled relationship with Singh.