Disha had jumped off the window of a flat out of her own volition, and the postmortem report mentions no signs of sexual and/or physical assault on the deceased, the police said in an affidavit filed before the HC last month
Disha Salian died after allegedly falling from a residential building in Malad
Former celebrity manager Disha Salian died by suicide and no foul play has been found in her death, the Mumbai police have submitted to the Bombay High Court, even as her father Satish Salian reiterated she was gangraped and murdered.
Disha had jumped off the window of a flat out of her own volition, and the postmortem report mentions no signs of sexual and/or physical assault on the deceased, the police said in an affidavit filed before the HC last month. She was under tremendous mental stress due to a dispute with her family and also because her business deals were not working out, the affidavit added.
The former celebrity manager died on June 8, 2020, after falling off the 14th floor of a residential building in Malad. Satish filed a petition in the HC in March this year, seeking a probe by the CBI into his daughter’s death and an FIR against Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray. In the plea, he alleged that she was raped and murdered, and subsequently, there was a politically orchestrated cover-up.
The petition came up for hearing on Wednesday before an HC bench, which posted it for further hearing on July 16.
The Malvani police first probed the case and in their affidavit said Disha had died by suicide due to mental stress, a dispute with her family, and because her business deals were not working out. She was drunk at the time of the incident, and even her fiancé, who was with her at the time, had ruled out any foul play or suspicion. Even her postmortem report does not indicate anything suspicion about the death, the affidavit said.
The police also said the contentions raised by Satish in his plea were baseless and unfounded. “The postmortem report is conclusive in nature and mentions no signs of sexual and/or physical assault,” the affidavit said.
It also claimed that after the closure report was filed, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up to further probe the case and that even the SIT’s findings are coherent with the earlier findings of the police. “However, further investigation is still being carried out,” it said.
Satish, in an application submitted on Wednesday, however, said once information disclosing the commission of a cognisable offence is received, the police must register an FIR and then probe it. He said the SIT has been probing a serious case of gangrape and murder without first registering an FIR, which is grossly illegal.
There has been wilful disobedience of the court order as an affidavit was sought from the Maharashtra government and not the police, he claimed.
Aaditya Thackeray also filed an application, seeking to intervene in the matter and urged the HC to grant him a hearing before passing any order.
July 16
Date set for further hearing of the case
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