Chennai, Mar 15: Tamil TV actor Sai Prasanth allegedly committed suicide here, police said. He was 30.
Sai Prasanth, a VJ-turned-actor, was suspected to have consumed alcohol laced with poison on Sunday, they said, adding it was not clear why he took the extreme step.
In a letter he purportedly wrote to his wife, Prasanth said he was "the reason" for taking the extreme step.
He had featured in some serials and films.
May 1: Rubbishing reports of hospitalisation, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah on Thursday said he was "fine" and at home observing the nationwide lockdown.
Shah, 69, in a Facebook post, thanked people for their concern and reassured them about his health.
"I thank all those enquiring after my health and reassure them I am fine," he said.
"I'm at home and observing the lockdown. Please don't believe any rumours," he added.
"A Wednesday" actor's younger son Vivaan Shah also dismissed rumours about his father's health.
"He's alright. These are just rumours," Vivaan said.
Reports about Shah's health started surfacing on social media as the industry was coming to terms with the deaths of Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor.
Rishi Kapoor, aged 67, died on Thursday in a hospital here after a two year-long battle with lukaemia, while Irrfan, 54, passed away on Wednesday due to neuroendocrine tumour, a rare form of cancer.
Mumbai, Jun 19: Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s memories will continue to be celebrated as Instagram has memorialised his account, adding “remembering” to his bio.
Rajput, 34, known for films like "Kai Po Che!", "MS Dhoni: The Untold Story", "Chhichhore", was found dead in his Bandra apartment on Sunday, sending shockwaves in the film industry and elsewhere.
Days after his untimely demise, Instagram added “remembering” to his account bio and memorialised it as a place to remember the actor’s life.
According to the photo-video sharing website, no one can log into a memorialised account. The posts the deceased person shared, including photos and videos, stay on their page and are visible to the users they were shared with.
Also, once the account is memorialised, no one will be able to make changes to any of the existing posts or information.
The actor’s last post on the social media platform was a tribute to his late mother on June 3.
Rajput’s death is being investigated by the Mumbai Police and so far statements of over 13 people, including actor’s family members and close friends, including actor Rhea Chakraborty and casting director Mukesh Chhabra, have been recorded.
The police have also sent a letter to Yash Raj Films seeking details of the contracts it had signed with him.
Mumbai, Aug 2: None of the sim cards that actor Sushant Singh Rajput was using was registered under his name, said the team of Bihar Police, probing his death case, on Sunday.
The team also informed that one of the sim cards that the late actor was using was registered the name of his friend Siddharth Pithani.
"We are now tracking the call detail records (CDRs)," the police said.
The team also said that they will interrogate the family of Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager Disha Salian, who died few days before Sushant's death.
"Even after constant attempts to connect with them on phone, we have failed to establish any contact," it said.
Earlier today, while talking to news agency, the Director-General of Police (DGP) of Bihar Gupteshwar Pandey hinted at the non-cooperation of Mumbai police with his team in their investigation.
"We don't have post-mortem report details, CCTV footage or any information that has been collected by Mumbai Police during probe till now. Our Chief Minister has requested the Maharashtra Chief Minister to ask his police force to cooperate with us," the DGP added.
When asked if Bihar Police want CBI probe into the case, he said, "We are more than capable of doing an unbiased investigation. We hope that Mumbai Police will cooperate with us and we'll conclude the investigation."
Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14. Mumbai Police who was investigating the case had earlier informed that they have recorded the statements of 41 people, including filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, film critic Rajeev Masand, director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and filmmaker Aditya Chopra so far.
A team of Bihar Police is in Mumbai to probe the actor's death after an FIR was filed by Rajput's father KK Singh against late actor's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty in Bihar in connection with the death case under several sections including abetment of suicide.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had also registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in Rajput's death case. ED registered the report after an FIR was filed by his father against Chakraborty.
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