Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey passed away in a Varanasi hotel room. Dubey was staying in Sarnath¡¯s Somendra hotel for the shooting of her upcoming film Nayak. Although the cause of her death is under investigation, prime facia suggests it is a case of suicide. Since morning, the internet is flooded with condolence messages from her fans and well-wishers.
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The video purported to be screen-recorded hours before her death features Dubey covering her face and weeping. In the early hours of 26th March when Akanksha didn¡¯t come out of her room, the door was barged and she was found dead. The Sarnath police are on their toes investigating the matter and her body is under postmortem as per several media reports.
A debutant with the film Meru Jung Mera Faisla, Akanksha starred in several Bhojpuri films like Mujhse Shadi Karogi, Veeron Ke Veer and Fighter King among others. She is credited with 50-60 superhit music albums and appeared alongside popular stars including Khesari Lal Yadav, Pawan Singh and Pradeep Pandey.
As per a report in AajTak, Akanksha took a professional break after suffering from depression in 2018. Just a few years down, she made a comeback to rule the Bhojpuri industry yet again. After returning, Dubey reportedly revealed that her mom helped her during that dark phase. Born on 21st October 1997, Akanksha hailed from Parsipur, Bhadohi district.
Revealing the details of her death, a person close to Akanksha told ETimes, "It was her first day on the sets of the new film 'Nayak'. The makers were shooting in Varanasi. Today around 9 am when her makeup boy went to call her at her hotel, she was found dead in the room. She was shooting alongside Aklesh Verma."?Before her death, Akanksha¡¯s completed the shooting of her film Mitti. Starring Yash Kumar and Raksha Gupta, the Bhojpuri film was directed by Chandan Upadhyay.
An official of Sarnath Police quoted, ¡°The prima facie report suggests it might be a case of suicide. But we have to wait for the post-mortem report to be sure of the cause of the death.¡±
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