Co-Actor Arrested In Suicide Case, Day After TV Star Found Dead On Set

Sheezan Mohammed Khan, co-star of actor Tunisha Sharma — a television actor who on Saturday allegedly died by suicide on the set of a TV show in Vasai in Maharashtra’s Palghar district — was arrested after a case of abetment to suicide was registered against him, police said today. He will be presented in court on Monday.

Her post-mortem was conducted in JJ Hospital, Naigaon in the early hours of Sunday, police said. “The autopsy was conducted till 4:30 am and 4-5 police personnel were also present,” officials said, adding that the dead body is kept in cold storage.

The 20-year-old actor was found hanging in the washroom after a tea break while shooting; Waliv police said they had to break open the door after she did not come out for a long time. The shooting crew took her to a hospital at around 1:30 am, where she was declared dead.

Tunisha Sharma’s colleagues claimed she had died by suicide, but the police conducted an investigation on the spot and said no suicide note was recovered. They said they will investigate her death from both murder and suicide angles.

Sheezan Mohammed Khan, who was arrested after the actor’s mother filed a complaint against him, played the main role in the show ‘Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul’, at the sets of which she was found hanging.

Tunisha Sharma started her acting career as a child actor in the Sony TV show ‘Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap’, where she played the role of Chand Kanwar.

Since then, she has featured in several shows and Hindi movies, most prominently playing childhood roles of popular actor Katrina Kaif’s characters. She has worked in shows like ‘Ishq Subhan Allah’, ‘Gabbar Poonchwala’, ‘Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh’, and ‘Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat’.