Nearly four months after actress Jiah Khan allegedly committed suicide, her mother filed a petition with the High Court of Bombay alleging that she was murdered, and demanded a CBI probe into the death. The petition, filed on October 1, is expected to come up for hearing before a single-judge bench next week.
Rabia Amin alleged that it had come to light that her daughter may have been killed and made to look as if she committed suicide. To support her argument, Rabia annexed to the petition an independent forensic expert’s report which indicated the case to be a homicidal death rather than suicide. Alleging shoddy investigations by police to help Jiah’s boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi, the petition demanded a CBI probe into the murder.
The petitioner said she had strong reasons to suspect the probe was carried out by police in a manner which made the death look like a suicide. She claimed that Sooraj, son of actor Aditya Pancholi, and the family had used their clout to “manage” the police. The petition alleged that Jiah may have been hanged after being killed.
It said a person who commits suicide would have his or her eyes popping and tongue protruding out, while in the case of Jiah it was not so. Also in such cases, lung or brain hemorrhaging is generally found, but this was not observed.
The petition said besides ligature marks that occur in death due to hanging, there were injury marks on Jiah’s face and body.