Mumbai: Late actor Jiah Khans mother Rabia Khan has condoled the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and slammed Bollywood for its bullying culture. She also recalled the time when superstar Salman Khan tried to sabotage the investigation of her daughters suicide in 2015 and protect Sooraj Pancholi with his power.
"What happened with Sushant, has reminded me of 2015 when I went to meet CBI officer who had called me down from London. He said please come, we have found some incriminating evidence. I land up over there and he says, ‘Oh, by the way, Salman Khan calls me every day and says he has invested a lot of money, please don't harass the boy, please don't interrogate him, don't touch him. So what can we do, madam?' He was annoyed, he looked frustrated," Rabia said.
Expressing grief, Rabia called Sushant's suicide "heartbreaking". She accused the film industry of 'bullying', equating it to 'killing' and urged the celebrities to wake up.
"My condolences to Sushant Singh's family. It is very heartbreaking, it is not a joke. Bollywood has to change, Bollywood has to wake up. Bollywood has to completely demolish bullying. And I have to say bullying is also kind of killing somebody," she said in an interview with leading portal.
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For unversed, Jiah was found hanging in at her Mumbai residence in 2013. Actor Sooraj Pancholi was booked for abetment of suicide (Section 306 of IPC) as the duo was reportedly dating back then. After CBI investigation, the agency upheld the Mumbai police’s original finding that Jiah's death was indeed "suicidal in nature".
