Grilling over, Jiah Khan's beau Suraj Pancholi arrested

Mumbai, Jun 11: Just a week after actress Jiah Khan committed suicide at her Juhu residence, her boyfriend Suraj Pancholi, son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zareena Wahab, was arrested by the Juhu police on Monday on the charge of abetment to suicide.

“Suraj was taken to the police station for questioning on Monday around 6.30pm. We arrested him after the questioning. We charged him under Section 306 (abetment to commit suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),” said senior police inspector Arun Bhagat of Juhu police station. Suraj (22) will be produced before the Andheri court on Tuesday.

Suraj was arrested on the basis of a six-page suicide note written by the actress. In the note, Jiah had stated that she was heartbroken because of Suraj’s “womanising”. The letter was found by Jiah’s younger sister on June 7. In the letter that is not addressed to anybody, Jiah wrote that she was cheated by the person she loved and had been forced to abort her unborn child.

Jiah’s mother Rabiya Khan on Monday claimed that her daughter suffered “trauma and abuse” at the hands of Suraj and his father Aditya. The note mentions the “deep hurt” the actress felt at having to abort her baby with Suraj and reflects the turbulent relationship she had with Suraj.

Jiah’s family submitted the letters to Juhu police on Saturday and recorded her mother and sister’s statement again in front of independent witness. The note says, “When I first met you (Suraj) I was driven, ambitious and disciplined. Then I fell for you, a love I thought would bring out the best in me. I don’t know why destiny brought us together. After all the pain, the rape, the abuse, the torture I have seen previously I didn’t deserve this.”

“I’ve lost everything. If you’re reading this I might have already left or about to leave. I am broken inside,” it says. “It didn’t matter how many gifts I gave you or how beautiful I looked for you. I was scared of getting pregnant but I gave myself completely (the) pain you have caused me everyday destroyed my soul.”