Jiah Khan suicide case: CBI's petition for further probe against Sooraj Pancholi rejected

The Mumbai Sessions court has rejected a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in December 2019, in late Bollywood actress Jiah Khan's suicide case.

In its plea, the CBI and Jiah's mother Rabiya Khan had sought permission to continue further probe into Jiah Khan's suicide. The CBI requested permission to send the 'dupatta' purportedly used by Jiah to hang herself, to the Central Forensic Laboratory at Chandigarh for further analysis.

CBI also wanted to send cellphones which were seized post her death, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US to retrieve 'deleted' chats between Jiah and her alleged boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi.

Pancholi's lawyer had objected to the petitions, saying the matter has already been decided by the High Court and Supreme court.

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Jiah Khan,best known for her performance in the film 'Nishabd' opposite Amitabh Bachchan, was found dead at her Mumbai apartment in 2013 at the age of 25.

Though her death was ruled to be a suicide, her mother, Rabiya, had alleged she was murdered. She pointed fingers at Sooraj Pancholi, her then boyfriend and son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab.