Television star Tunisha Sharma was found dead on the sets of her television show ‘Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul’ in Vasai in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. According to reports, the actress purposely committed suicide in the vanity room of her show co-star and rumoured partner Sheezan Mohammed Khan.
People present on the sets said to police that after a tea break, the actress took a washroom break and did not get back to the sets for a long time. When they broke open the door of ‘Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul”s make-up room, Tunisha was found hanging from the ceiling. She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was declared dead by the doctors. She was later brought to JJ Hospital late on Saturday, where her post-mortem was performed, the report of which is awaited. According to the police, no suicide note was recovered from the spot and the reason why the actress took such a drastic step remains hidden.
Meanwhile, as per Tunisha Sharma’s mom, she was having a affair with her TV show co-star Sheezan Mohammad Khan. The actress’ mother on Saturday filed a complaint against Sheezan after which the police filed a case of abetment to suicide under section 306 of IPC against him and took him into custody. Sheezan will be produced in the court on Monday. The police told that they will probe into the death case of the television actress from both the murder and suicide angles.