On Saturday, the day after he was declared not guilty in the suicide of Jiah Khan case, actor Sooraj Pancholi paid a visit to the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai. He was found not guilty of the charges by the special CBI court due to “lack of evidence” against him. He was charged with aiding Jiah Khan’s suicide in 2013.
Sooraj Pancholi at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple. (Image by Viral Bhayani.) Byral Bhayani
Sooraj arrived at the Mumbai temple after leaving the court. In the vicinity of the temple, there was a sizable gathering of paparazzi and media. The actor wore trousers, a white jacket, and a black T-shirt as part of his outfit.
He returned to the temple’s main gate after saying prayers and posed for pictures with the assembled journalists. Along with them, police officers went to the scene. He also posed for pictures with several of his followers.
The parents of Sooraj are Zarina Wahab and Aditya Pancholi. With the 2015 film Hero, starring opposite Sunil Shetty’s daughter Athiya Shetty, he made his Bollywood debut. Subhash Ghai and Salman Khan both endorsed the movie. He appeared in movies like Time to Dance and Satellite Shankar in addition to Hero. However, none of his films were well received by critics or did well at the box office.
On June 3, 2013, Jiah Khan’s body was discovered at her Mumbai residence. She had a 25-year-old age. The Mumbai Police detained Suraj, the main suspect in her death, on June 10, 2013. which she allegedly disclosed that Sooraj had mistreated her both physically and mentally. In July, Suraj received bail.
I was by myself at Jia’s darkest moments, Sooraj claimed in an interview with Hindustan Times. Currently, her family is seeking justice, but what kind of justice are they talking about since they abandoned their daughter when she most needed them? I let Jia’s family know that she was experiencing depression at the time, and I did everything I could to help her. However, let me reiterate that I was only 20 years old. Even though I couldn’t even care for myself, I did my best to look after Jia, who was a few years older than me. In the end, he needed his family’s support more than he needed me. The unfortunate fact is that Jia’s mother and family only showed up in her life when she required financial assistance.
Rabia Khan, Jiah Khan’s mother, has made the decision to petition the High Court in response to the court’s ruling.