No evidence collected by police, CBI to prove Jiah Khan killed herself: Jiah's mother tells court

Rabia Khan mother of late Bollywood actor Jiah Khan on Thursday told a special court here that neither the police nor the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI had collected any legal evidence to prove that her daughter had committed suicideShe also told the court that she believed it to be a case of murder and not suicideJiah Khan was found hanging at her residence in June 2013 Actor Suraj Pancholi who was in a relationship with the 25yearold actress had been booked for abetment of suicide in the case that was probed by the police as well as the CBI He is currently out on bailOn Thursday Jiah Khans mother Rabia Khan continued recording her testimony in the case before special judge A S SayyadNarrating the incident related to Jiah Khans death her mother told the court that as she opened the door of Jiahs bedroom on June 3 2013 she found her hanging there with a dupattaRabia Khan said she then called actor Anju Mahendroo to inform her that Jiah was found hanging Mahendroo arrived at the spot with Moin Baig in 10 minutesUpon their arrival the knot around her Jiahs neck was untied and she was laid on the bedAlso Read School jobs scam HC extends exWB ministers judicial remand by 14 daysMahendroo and Baig are witnesses in the caseI tried to put pressure on her Jiahs chestand I tried to get Jiah back to breathing Meanwhile Baig ran to a doctor As soon as the doctor checked her he declared her dead Rabia Khan saidAfter some time the police arrived at the spot There was an officer who inspected the crime scene where Jiah was lying He immediately said it seems to be a foul play she addedLater actor Aditya Pancholi father of Suraj Pancholi walked into the house she saidAs soon as he Aditya Pancholi entered my house he fell at my feet and said his son has ruined his own life and career I told Aditya that I had asked Jiah many times to stay away from Suraj Rabia Khan saidShe further testified that at this point Mahendroo asked her not to mention Surajs name as his father was connected to the underworld has political clout and is very dangerousRabia Khan told the court that the police took away all their belongings of Jiah including her phoneWe saw on the screen of the phone that there were many text messages and missed calls all from Suraj We read the messages on the screen and they was filled with anger and some abusive language she addedRabia Khan said the police had called her another daughter to come to the police station to unlock Jiahs phoneWhen she went to the police station Jiahs phone was already unlocked and many pictures and messages had been deleted It looked as if somebody had tampered with the phoneiquestThats when I lost trust with the Juhu police which initially probed the case she saidRabia Khan said Jiahs body was initially taken to Cooper hospital for postmortem and later shifted to the J J HospitalWithin two hours of passing away of my daughter they had already declared it as a suicide I suspect that the movement of her body from Cooper Hospital to J J Hospital was done with mala fide intention she allegedRabia Khan reiterated that when a policewoman came to their house to record her statement she told her that it was not a case of suicide but murder as there were injury marks on the bodyShe also told the court that a few days after her daughters death they found a note written by her in her bedroom After reading the letter the family came to know about the pain and grievances borne by Jiah which pointed towards Suraj PancholiAfter her testimony got over special public prosecutor CBI Manoj Chandlan asked Rabia Khan whether she wanted to add anything further She then said Both the agencies police and CBI never collected any legal evidence to prove it was a case of suicide I believe it is a murder and the accused is responsible for killing my daughterThe defence will cross examine Rabia Khan on MondayJia Khan was best known for her performance in film Nishabd starring Amitabh Bachchan Suraj Pancholi the son of Bollywood couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab is currently out on bailThe CBI had alleged that a threepage note seized by the Mumbai police on June 10 2013 was written by Jiah Khan which narrated her intimate relationship physical abuse and mental and physical torture allegedly at the hands of Pancholi which led her to commit suicideThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever