New Delhi: After more than 10 years, the verdict in actor Jiah Khan's death is scheduled to be decided by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai on Friday. The 'Ghajini' actor was found dead at her Mumbai residence on June 3, 2013. After hearing both sides' closing arguments last week, special CBI judge AS Sayyad reserved his decision of making a verdict in the case until April 28.
Actor Sooraj Pancholi, who has been accused as the main culprit in the case by Jiah's mother for abetting her daughter's suicide, was seen leaving for CBI court in Mumbai for the verdict. Jiah's mother Rabia Khan had alleged that her daughter Jiah was in an abusive relationship with Sooraj Pancholi. In September 2012, Sooraj and Jiah supposedly began dating.
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As per news agency ANI, Rabia Khan who has been waiting for a decade to get justice for her daughter, said, "We have spent 10 years exposing the truth based on factual evidence. Now, it is up to the court to draw the right conclusions."
In July 2014, the CBI assumed control of the investigation from the Maharashtra Police on an order from the Bombay High Court.
A six-page letter allegedly written by Jiah, who was discovered hanging in her Juhu residence, served as the foundation for Sooraj Pancholi's criminal charges. According to the CBI, the note detailed her "intimate relationship, physical abuse, and mental and physical torture" that she reportedly endured at the hands of Sooraj and that ultimately drove her to commit suicide.
Sooraj asserted that the investigation and chargesheet were fraudulent in his last statement submitted to the court, and that witnesses for the prosecution had testified against him at the direction of complainant Rabia, the police, and the CBI.