The alleged suicide of Indian TV actress Tunisha Sharma made headlines in her country’s newspapers, reports the BBC.
Tunisha Sharma was found dead on December 24 in the toilet on the sets of her show ‘Alibaba – Dastaan-e-Kabul’.
A day later, her colleague and ex-boyfriend Shizan Khan was arrested after Sharma’s mother accused him of “inciting suicide”, which he denies.
A senior police official told reporters that Sharma had taken her own life and that they were investigating what prompted her to do it.
The 20-year-old’s death shocked the Indian entertainment industry – she was a rising star and had a large fan following on social media.
A few hours before his death, he posted a photo of himself on Instagram with the caption “He who is driven by passion does not stop.”
The post has more than 800,000 likes and thousands of comments, with fans expressing shock at his sudden death and wondering how someone who seemed “so positive could take such a drastic step.”
The tragic incident was obsessively covered in the media, with the actress’s life and relationships under the microscope. Everyone from Sharma’s colleagues and friends to her relatives have been approached for interviews, resulting in a slew of stories filled with speculation and unverified claims.
Sharma was just 13 years old when she started acting in TV shows and gradually made her way to the big screen by playing small roles in films with famous Bollywood actors like Katrina Kaif and Vidya Balan.
But it was her success on the small screen that brought her fame. The actress is embodied in a variety of roles: in her latest series of hers, inspired by the folk tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, she played a royal princess.
But despite her seemingly glamorous life, she has spoken in interviews about her struggles with depression and anxiety, as well as the stress caused by work and social media scrutiny.
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