Malaika Arora's Father Anil Arora Dies By Suicide: Arbaaz Khan Arrives To Pay Condolences (Watch Video)

Bollywood actor Malaika Arora's father died by suicide this morning, police said. Anil Arora jumped from a building in Mumbai's Bandra. The actor's ex-husband Arbaz Khan and senior police officers have reached her residence. The body has been sent for post-mortem and a probe is underway, police said. At present, the police have not received any suicide note. It was being told that Malaika's father was ill for a long time. The officials are yet to determine the possible reasons behind the suicide.

Bollywood actor Malaika Arora's father died by suicide this morning, police said. Anil Arora jumped from a building in Mumbai's Bandra. The actor's ex-husband Arbaz Khan and senior police officers have reached her residence.#MalaikaArora#AnilArora#ArbaazKhan#LokmatTimespic.twitter.com/HUf0h2YBTG

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Malaika's parents divorced when she was 11 years old, and she moved to Chembur with her mother and sister Amrita. Her mother, Joyce Polycarp, is a Malayali Christian, and her father, Anil Arora, was a Punjabi Hindu from the Indian border town of Fazilka who worked in the Indian Merchant Navy. Arora was married to Bollywood actor-director-producer Arbaaz Khan in 1998, after she met him during a coffee ad shoot. From her marriage with Khan until they got divorced, she was known as Malaika Arora Khan. he couple officially divorced on 11 May 2017. Together they have a son, Arhaan Khan, born on 9 November 2002. After the divorce Arora maintained primary custody of their son, while Khan received visitation rights, as per the settlement reached in the Bandra Family Court.