Published 12:50 IST, June 17th 2020
Jiah Khan's mother slams Bollywood, alleges Salman Khan tried to protect Sooraj Pancholi
Jiah Khan's mom Rabia Khan slammed Bollywood amid the nepotism debate after Sushant Singh Rajput's death. She claimed Salman tried to protect Sooraj Pancholi.
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In aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide, nepotism debate once again sprung up. Reports of actor allegedly being ‘boycotted’ by some of industry bigwigs, celebrities claiming y were aware of his state of mind, and some claiming that many of his films were shelved recently, led to netizens fuming at star producers and star kids and kwn names hitting out at industry. Rabia Khan too vented out at industry after ar actor like her daughter Jiah Khan, committed suicide.
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Expressing her grief over Sushant’s demise, Rabia Khan accused film industry of ‘bullying’, equating it to ‘killing,’ and urged celebrities to ‘wake up.’ Alleging Salman Khan was trying to protect Sooraj Pancholi, who has been accused of abetment to suicide in Jiah’s case, she urged industry to ‘stop its toxic behaviour.’
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In a video that has surfaced on Instagram, Rabia is heard saying:
My condolences to Sushant Singh Rajput’s family. It is heart-breaking. It is t a joke.”
Bollywood has to change, Bollywood has to wake up. Bollywood has to completely demolish bullying.”
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I have to say that bullying is also kind of killing somebody. All se things that is happening that has reminded me, in 2015, when I went to meet CBI officer, who h called me down from London, and he told me, ‘Please come, we’ve found some incriminating evidence.’ n he said, “Salman Khan calls me everyday and that he’s invested a lot of money, please don’t harass boy, please don’t interrogate him, so what can we do mam?’
He looked frustrated and he was anyed. I took matter to higher CBI officers, and I have complained about it. If this is scenario that you will pressurise and use your money and power to sabot deaths and investigation, n I don’t kw where citizens are going to go. I want to say, please stand up, fight, protest and stop toxic behaviour in Bollywood.
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Jiah Khan, who acted in films like Nishabd and Housefull, h committed suicide in 2013. Sooraj Pancholi, who was reportedly her boyfriend, and named in her suicide te, was arrested a few days later, and n released on bail. He was charged in case in 2018 and case is still going on,
For unversed, Sooraj Pancholi was launched by Salman Khan in movie Hero in 2015.
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12:50 IST, June 17th 2020