The Indian entertainment industry is in shock.
The hashtag #PratyushaBanerjee is the number
trending topic in the country right now.
Television actress Pratyusha Banerjee, known for
her role in popular TV series Balika Vadhu,
committed suicide today Friday April 1st. A
Mumbai police officer said the 24-year-old was
found hanging from a ceiling fan at her house in
Mumbai’s Goregaon. Some 'personal reasons'
are said to be behind the suicide.
Banerjee was rushed to the Kokilaben Ambani
Hospital in Andheri but was declared dead upon
arrival. Confirming the news, Mumbai police
spokesperson Dhananjay Kulkarni said that the
hospital has sent a report on the Jamshedpur-
born actress’s death. Police are investigating the
probable cause that may have led Banerjee to
resort to commit suicide.
Banerjee was best known for her debut role in
Balika Vadhu. She later shifted to reality shows
and participated in Bigg Boss 7. Her last outing
on TV was in Sasural Simar Ka ..
Earlier in January, she was in the news after she
filed an FIR in Mumbai alleging that eight
policemen tried to ‘barge into’ her house and
misbehave with her.
Banerjee had claimed in her complaint that the
men barged into her flat in Laljipada and left the
place only after she threatened to call the
police.
Before entering Bigg Boss 7 in 2013, Banerjee
had made headlines when she filed an FIR
against her boyfriend Makrand Malhotra.
Actor Dolly Bindra said no one from the film
fraternity believes she could have ended her life.
Various artists apart from Bindra including Sara
Khan, Jay Bhanushali, Meghna Naidu, Sachin
Shroff were seen waiting outside the accident
and emergency ward at the hospital soon as the
news reached them.
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