Malaika Arora’s close friend, filmmaker Farah Khan arrived for her father, Anil Mehta’s funeral on Thursday, September 12. She was accompanied by her brother, Sajid Khan. Anil Mehta allegedly died by suicide on Wednesday morning.
Farah and Sajid, who are also mourning the loss of their mother Menaka Irani, attended Malaika’s father’s funeral this morning. Dressed in black, they made their way to pay their last respects to Anil Mehta.
View this post on Instagram
After Anil Mehta’s death, sources claimed Malaika’s mother Joyce, in her statement to the police, said that Anil would routinely sit on the balcony and read the newspapers every morning. She told the police that while they were divorced, they had started living together again for the past few years.
Joyce also informed the police that on Wednesday morning, when she saw her ex-husband’s slippers in the living room, she went to look for him on the balcony. When she could not find him there, she leaned over and saw below. The building watchman was shouting for help. Joyce also told the police that Anil Mehta was not suffering from illness. He only had some knee pain. He had taken VRS from the Merchant Navy.
The Mumbai Police later confirmed that Anil died by suicide. News18 has learned that the post-mortem was conducted on Wednesday night at around 8 pm. An insider revealed that the report has cited ‘multiple injuries’ as Mehta’s cause of death. More details are awaited. It is also being reported that Mehta made a final phone call to his daughters. As per preliminary information, Mehta called Malaika and Amrita hours before his death and told them, “I am sick and tired”. Police officials are now investigating why did he mention that on call.
DISCLAIMER: This news piece may be triggering. If you or someone you know needs help, call any of these helplines: Aasra (Mumbai) 022-27546669, Sneha (Chennai) 044-24640050, Sumaitri (Delhi) 011-23389090, Cooj (Goa) 0832- 2252525, Jeevan (Jamshedpur) 065-76453841, Pratheeksha (Kochi) 048-42448830, Maithri (Kochi) 0484-2540530, Roshni (Hyderabad) 040-66202000, Lifeline 033-64643267 (Kolkata).
Comments
0 comment