Overview
- Shashank Vyas remembered his Balika Vadhu co-star with a black-and-white Instagram photo and the message, “Gone for 10 years, but never forgotten.”
- Pratyusha Banerjee died on April 1, 2016, at 24, after being found hanging at her Mumbai home, which police recorded as a suicide.
- Her parents filed a complaint soon after her death, and police booked Rahul Raj Singh under IPC 306 for abetment of suicide along with related charges.
- A Mumbai sessions court in 2023 rejected Singh’s bid to drop the case, noting prima facie signs of physical, emotional, and financial harassment.
- The trial is ongoing, and Singh has continued public interviews that deny blame and raise claims about her work disputes and delayed payments.