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Pratyusha Banerjee suicide: Chargesheet filed against boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:49 IST

On 21 July, the Mumbai police filed a chargesheet against late actor Pratyusha Banerjee's boyfriend, Rahul Raj Singh, for abetting her suicide.

According to reports, the charge sheet of around 1,000 pages has been slapped against Rahul on charges of abetment, assault and intimidation.

The Bombay High Court had on 25 April granted anticipatory bail to Rahul after observing that prima facie there was not enough evidence to prove that the accused "instigated or intended" the suicide.

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Back in April, doctors from Mumbai's JJ Hospital had confirmed that Pratyusha was pregnant. According to a report in the Times of India, Pratyusha reportedly had an abortion just days before she allegedly committed suicide, on 1 April.

An FIR was registered against Rahul Raj Singh, who was in a live-in relationship with Pratyusha after her mother, Soma, alleged that Singh had abetted and instigated the suicide.

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A case under IPC Sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 504, 506 (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of IPC was registered against Rahul.

The popular telly face Pratyusha Banerjee was found dead in her home in Goregaon on 1 April, after which she was taken to Kokilaben Hospital, where she was declared dead.

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--With ANI inputs

First published: 21 July 2016, 2:57 IST