Rahul was admitted to hospital four days ago when he complained of breathing problems while he was being questioned by police. After Mumbai court rejected Rahul Raj Singh’s bail plea against whom a case has been lodged for abetment of his girlfriend and TV star Partyusha Banerjee’s suicide, Mumbai Police reached Sai Hospital in suburban Kandivli, where he is admitted.Police reached the hospital and it is likely to question and detail Rahul Raj. Rahul Raj had filed an anticipatory bail application at the Dindoshi sessions court and Pratyusha’s family lawyer said, “Court rejected Rahul Raj’s bail plea. It’s abetment of suicide or murder yet to be probed.”Pratyusha’s mother added: “Hamein pura pura shaq hai ki use maara gaya hai (I suspect she has been killed).”
Rahul was admitted to hospital four days ago when he complained of breathing problems and chest pain following low blood pressure while he was being questioned by police for the second day in connection with Pratyusha’s alleged suicide even as sleuths searched her house for evidence. Earlier, Rahul’s previous lawyer Neeraj Gupta withrew from the case, saying he was “kept in the dark” about the details pertaining to the case. “I withdrew from the case on humanitarian grounds. I felt that I shouldn’t be fighting the case, and hence left it be so that injustice is not done to anyone,” Gupta told PTI. “A client should pass on all the information, right or wrong, good or bad, to the lawyer, but I was kept in the dark and got all the details (pertaining to the case) from outside (media),” Gupta claimed. Asked if he changed his mind after the FIR was filed against Rahul, he said, “The FIR has nothing to do with the decision. A lawyer is always prepared for such things.” Rahul, currently in hospital, was yesterday booked for the abetment of suicide after police registered an FIR based on a complaint filed by the actress’s mother Soma at Bangurnagar Police Station.
A case under IPC sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 504, 506 (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of IPC has been registered against Rahul.Police has, however, declined to divulge details regarding the investigation that led to registration of the FIR. They suspect that Rahul was in relationship with another woman about which the deceased was depressed. Meanwhile, doctors attending on Rahul, who has been in hospital since Sunday morning, said that “he still has suicidal tendencies.” “I cannot leave him now because he can do anything. He is still on medication and becomes violent when effect of medicine wanes,” Dr Santosh Goel, said, adding that he is under depression and at times calls out to Pratyusha. On April 1, the 24-year-old actress, who shot to fame for her role of Anandi in hit TV series “Balika Vadhu”, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside her flat at Goregoan area of western suburbs.
