Television actor Pratyusha Banerjee, known for her role of Anandi in a daily show "Balika Vadhu", died due to asphyxiation and hanging, a preliminary autopsy report said.
A team of doctors conducted the post-mortem on her body for over three hours and the entire procedure has been videographed and photographed, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone XI, Vikram Deshmane told media yesterday.
The actress was found hanging from a fan in her suburban Goregaon residence on Friday evening by her boyfriend and television actor Rahul Raj Singh. She was taken to hospital but succumbed there later.
"We are recording the statement of Rahul in connection with the suicide. We are also checking the last phone call details and the SMSes exchanged between the duo," a senior police official said.
Police hadn't found any indication of foul play either, he added.
investigate the case and find the reason behind the suicide...Let's see if any evidence comes up against him," he said.
"There was no financial crisis and they (Singh and Pratyusha) were perfectly happy and there was no fight between the two," he added.
"There were injury marks on her nose, under her eyes. We have taken pictures (as a proof)... police are probing domestic violence angle. We will give our statement to the police," Pratyusha's actress friend Kamya Punjabi claimed.
"She was having trouble in her personal life. She had distanced us from her so we don't know exactly what happened. She was away from her family...we used to meet her everyday.
Pratyusha's last rites were carried out at the Oshiwara Crematorium in the presence of her tearful parents, other family members, her friends, actors and co-stars from the television industry.
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