Mumbai: Popular television actress Pratyusha Banerjee committed suicide on April 1 at her home in suburban Goregoan in Mumbai.
At a press conference in the city, her friends revealed shocking details about her personal life especially about her relationship with fiance Rahul Raj Singh.
Pratyusha’s friend Kamya said, “Some days ago, she called me and said that Rahul is cheating on her. Three or four days ago, when I got a call in Delhi, I told her that I’ll come and sort out everything. She said that she can’t live like this anymore and wanted to get out of this relationship. She said that she needed help.”
She added, “I told her that we will meet on April 4 and if she wants, she can stay at my place. Then she called our common friend Leena and said ‘I want to fight back’.”
“There are injury marks on the body and a grave wound on her nose. If she was hanged, then those marks wouldn’t have been there. She was five feet and could not have hung herself to a ceiling which is 10 feet high,” said Kamya.
“She was in a messy relationship. She didn’t want to come out of it thinking ‘I don’t want people to think I am in a relationship and now I am getting out of it.’ She didn’t want to give up,” said another friend Vikas.
“Saloni Sharma (former girlfriend of Rahul) used to visit her and assault her. She used to give threats to Pratyusha because of which she was disturbed too. When Pratyusha used to tell Rahul about this, he used to switch off his phone and not visit her,” added Vikas.
“Pratyusha was a very middle class girl who wanted simple things. She wanted to get married and settle down. If she was getting those things, then I don’t think she would’ve gone anywhere. If Rahul says that they had a perfect life and no issues in relationship, then she wouldn’t have died,” said Vikas.
“Reasons of financial crisis behind her suicide are nonsensical. Pratyusha Banerjee charges more than a lakh for a cameo. There was no financial problem. This is idiocy of a big level where some people are claiming that Pratyusha was depressed,” said Vikas.
He further stated, “Pratyusha’s parents are going to pursue a case against Rahul. If she was pregnant, she would’ve been alive. The death certificate does not mention that she was pregnant.”
Her lawyer in the suicide case Falguni Brahmabath said, “Pratyusha wanted to file a case against Rahul. She called a lawyer and then she wanted to speak to her (lawyer) the day the incident took place. On the very same day, she had an appointment with the lawyer and she had told many things about Rahul and finances and wanted to seek legal advice. Pratyusha wanted help legally because she was getting tortured some way or the other.”
