All eyes on the late actress Jiah Khan case verdict today
Almost 10 years after Jiah Khan was found hanging in a Mumbai flat, a Special CBI Court will deliver its verdict in sensational case.
Hearing the suicide case of actress Jiah Khan, the special CBI court on Friday kept the order on hold till 12 pm after judge tells Suraj Pancholi’s lawyer that deceased’s mother Rabia Khan wants to file some written submissions. Matter to be heard at 12pm again.
Earlier, Sooraj Pancholi, who is facing charges of abetting Khan’s suicide, was on Friday morning spotted reaching the special CBI Court in Mumbai.
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The CBI court in Mumbai is likely to announce verdict in the suicide case of actor Jiah Khan, who was found dead in her suburban home on June 3, 2013, today.
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Sooraj Pancholi, is accused of abetting the suicide of Jiah Khan based on a letter seized on June 10, which was purportedly written by the 25-year-old actor, Mumbai Police booked Pancholi under section 306 (abetment to suicide) and arrested him.
Sooraj, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was allegedly in a relationship with Jiah. Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan alleged that her daughter was murdered. In October 2013, Rabia moved to Bombay High Court seeking a CBI probe in the case while alleging that her daughter had been murdered.
On the order of the Bombay High Court, the CBI took over the probe from the Maharashtra Police in July 2014. Rabia claimed that her daughter was in an abusive relationship with Sooraj Pancholi. Sooraj and Jiah started dating in September 2012.
(With Inputs from Agencies)
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