Police arrests co-actor on charge of suicide abetment over Tunisha Sharma's death

Police on Sunday arrested a 27-year old co-actor of television and film actress Tunisha Sharma on the charge of abetting her suicide in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said.

The 21-year-old actress allegedly committed suicide on the set of a serial in Vasai area here on Saturday, he said.

Based on a complaint filed by Sharma's mother, the Valiv police here registered a case against the deceased's co-actor, Sheezan M Khan, under Indian Penal Code Section 306 (abetment of suicide) and arrested him, the station house office of Valiv police station said.

Sharma had gone to the washroom on the set and did not return for a long time. When the door was broken down, she was found hanging inside, the official said.

Sharma had acted in the TV show 'Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap and films like Fitoor and Baar Baar Dekho. The incident on Saturday took place on the set where the shooting of the serial 'Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul' was in progress.