Jiah Khan case: CBI rapped for ‘leak’; Sooraj appears in court

Mumbai, December 11

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A special court on Friday rapped the CBI for “leaking” to the media parts of its chargesheet in the model-actress Jiah Khan suicide case, saying this was “very serious” and asked the probe agency to be careful in future.

Two days after the CBI filed its chargesheet in the case, accused Sooraj Pancholi today appeared before a Special Women’s court, which adjourned the matter till January 18.

As Sooraj collected the copy of the chargesheet and left, Special Judge A.S. Shende adjourned the case, observing, “How come the content of the chargesheet is known to media even before I got to know about it.” “The CBI is the only source from where it got leaked. This is a very serious thing. Be careful about it in future,” she warned.

Meanwhile, outside the court, Jiah’s mother Rabiya Khan told reporters that she was not satisfied with the chargesheet.

“I am not happy with the chargesheet, there is much more to be revealed,” she said.

Sooraj (25), who made his debut in Hindi film industry recently, has been charged by the CBI with allegedly abetting suicide of Jiah, who he had met through Facebook in September 2012 and the friendship blossomed into “intimate relationship” over a period of time, the chargesheet says.

As per the chargesheet filed in a court here, it is alleged that on June 3, 2013, when Jiah was found hanging by her mother at her residence, she had left the house of Sooraj in the morning. Sooraj and Jiah had been staying together for two days.

According to the CBI, Sooraj had hidden facts and fabricated information during questioning, the forensic analysis of his statements has indicated.

The analysis, which is part of the chargesheet filed by the agency in the suicide case of 26-year old Nafeesa Rizvi, alias Jiah, has “established that Sooraj was concealing relevant information about actual reason behind the incident and the statement given by him is incomplete and fabricated,” CBI sources claimed, while giving details of the chargesheet filed before a special court here.

Sooraj was also not willing to explain his last argument with Jiah, the sources said.

The young actor, who is the son of Bollywood couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, refused to be part of any scientific tests like polygraph or brain mapping, which the agency wanted to conduct to get to the bottom of his alleged role in the incident, the sources had said.

The CBI has alleged that the three-page note seized by the Mumbai Police on June 10, 2013, was written by Jiah that narrated her intimate relationship, physical abuse and mental and physical torture allegedly experienced at the hands of Sooraj which led to her suicide.

It alleged that the letter was not signed and even not addressed to Sooraj. However, evidence on hand incriminates Sooraj only.

In October 2013, Rabiya had moved the Bombay High Court, alleging that Jiah, her daughter, had been murdered and sought a CBI probe, which was granted. — PTI