Sooraj Pancholi removed Jiah's foetus; aided her abortion

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in India has filed a charge sheet in Bollywood actress Jiah Khan's suicide case.

Khan's mother, Rabia Khan, had moved higher court alleging foul play in her daughter's death and the court had subsequently asked the CBI to investigate.

The charge sheet reveal chilling details about the actor's pregnancy; how her boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi aided her in the subsequent abortion; and how the termination of pregnancy left her an emotional wreck, possibly leading to her suicide.

Details of the charge sheet was published in Indian tabloid Mumbai Mirror.

It is reported that Jiah was four weeks pregnant when she informed Pancholi about it.

The couple then approached a physician who prescribed some medicines for medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) but that didn't help.

The couple then approached another doctor and finally a gynaecologist who prescribed a stronger and more effective combination of drugs.

The charge sheet says after taking the medicine, Khan started haemorrhaging and called Pancholi for help. She was in pain and needed immediate medical attention but Pancholi allegedly asked her to wait and called up the gynaecologist for guidance.

He was asked to rush Khan to hospital as the foetus had probably aborted but had not been expelled from the body, which is probably what led to the hemorrhaging.

The charge sheet adds that Pancholi was afraid that if Khan got hospitalised, their relationship would become public knowledge and his career could grind to a halt even before taking off.

Sooraj then decided to take matters in his own hand rather than risk going to a hospital.

He extricated the foetus and disposed of it in the toilet, the charge sheet alleges.

This allegedly left a deep emotional scar on Khan as she was very possessive about Pancholi and the latter started avoiding her, possibly for the sake of his acting career.

The earlier charge sheet filed after Khan's suicide does not mention this incident and it came to light only when the CBI recorded the statement of doctors, who are among the 11 new witnesses examined.

The CBI had conducted a search on Pancholi's house in Mumbai and found several documents, including letters, pen drives and memory cards.

Although the special crime division of the CBI doesn't make a case for homicide, it could make the abetment to suicide case against Pancholi a wee bit stronger.