Jiah suicide: Cops to grill Sooraj Pancholi till June 13

By TaSha

Updated on Jun 12, 2013 | 08:43 PM IST | 1.3M

Actor Aditya Pancholi's son Suraj Pancholi, arrested in connection with the suicide of actress Jiah Khan, was Tuesday sent to police custody till June 13 by a court here, a lawyer said.

Zameer Khan, Suraj Pancholi's lawyer, told reporters: "We are completely supporting the police for the investigation since day one. We are completely supporting them and we have submitted Suraj's laptop, phone and iPad to police."

"He will be in custody till June 13. So far, chargesheet has not been filed," he said, soon after Suraj was presented before a magistrate.

Police informed the court that they have received five love letters exchanged between Jiah & Suraj, and are verifying the contents. The police have also recovered the CCTV footage of the hotel and the house where Jiah & Suraj went, on that fateful day.

The police are also investigating the abortion that Jiah had mentioned in the letter.

Suraj's lawyer Zameer Khan argued that the note did not name Suraj and was not signed by Jiah. The defence counsel also mentioned that the note was discovered three days after the death and not immediately. Zameer Khan told the court that 21 year old Suraj could not have possibly given an commitment to 25 year old Jiah during a short courtship of 6-8 months. He mentioned that Jiah was "obsessive and possessive...it does not mean Suraj should be pinned".

Suraj's arrest came barely two days after Jiah Khan's family handed over a note penned by her to police. The note was recovered by the actress's kin three days after her suicide June 3.