The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently registered a first information report (FIR) to probe into the death of celebrity manager Disha Salian in 2020. Several big names, including Sooraj Pancholi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray, Rohan Roy, Rhea Chakraborty and others have been named in the FIR for investigation. Following the FIR, late actress Jiah Khan’s mother, Rabya, has now reacted to the news.
Jiah Khan’s mother reacts
Rabya Khan took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday evening after Sooraj Pancholi’s name surfaced in the CBI FIR of Disha Salian’s case. She penned a long note, sharing her view on the case. Notably, Sooraj earlier faced trial in Jiah Khan’s suicide case. He was later acquitted by the special CBI court after being found not guilty.
The note read, “When I hear that the same names have surfaced in another young DishaSalian murder six years ago, it deeply saddens me and this must alarm everyone. I know from Jiah case what can happen when crucial evidence were all destroyed and replaced to fool the victims. Once evidence is destroyed, truth becomes harder to discover.”
She further added, “The High Court itself has recognised serious discrepancies in Disha’s investigation into Disha’s case, they know there is no evidence left. However, when important evidence has already been lost or destroyed, any fresh investigation will face an enormous handicap. They are repeating the same method: of justice due to lack of evidence and calling it an abetment to suicide; the word abetting was also not investigated. They are implementing similar method as in Jiah’s case.”
Rabya added that victims and their families deserve answers, stating that investigators should preserve and examine every piece of potentially relevant evidence rather than allowing it to disappear. “Disha deserves the truth, just as Jiah did,” she wrote.
About the FIR in Disha Salian case
For the unversed, celebrity manager Disha Salian was found dead on June 8, 2020, just days before Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his residence. Although her death had earlier been recorded as an Accidental Death Report (ADR), the CBI registered an FIR in the case nearly six years later after the Bombay High Court directed the agency to probe into the case.
Following the FIR, Sooraj clarified that he did not know Disha in any capacity.
