Actor Sooraj Pancholi Abused My Daughter, Late Jiah Khan's Mother Rabia Tells Mumbai Court

Late actress Jiah Khan’s mother, Rabia Khan has told the special CBI court on Wednesday (August 17) that her daughter had accused Sooraj Pancholi of subjecting her to physical and verbal abuse about four months before her alleged suicide in June 2013.?

Aditya Pancholi's son Sooraj Pancholi was in a relationship with the 25-year-old Jiah Khan. He has been booked for abetment of suicide in Jiah Khan's alleged suicide case probed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).?

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However, the actor is currently out on bail.Jiah Khan's London-based mother Rabia Khan began recording her testimony, in the case against Sooraj, on Wednesday before special judge A S Sayyad.?

In her testimony, Rabia revealed that her daughter Jiah Khan met Sooraj Pancholi for the first time in September 2012 after the actor approached her via social media platform insisting on meeting her. Rabia said that Jiah was initially ‘apprehensive and reluctant’ about meeting Sooraj but later agreed.?

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“At that time she sent some pictures… to me it looked like they clicked and had mutual interest… However, in September she (Jiah) told me they were just friends,” Rabia was quoted as saying by PTI.?

Jiah's mother also revealed that her daughter's daily routine was ‘taken over’ by Aditya Pancholi's son. By October 2012, Jiah and Sooraj had started living at each other's house and the actress looked very happy when she visited their London home in November that year, according to Rabia.?

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She further added that Jiah then returned to Mumbai and was supposed to come back to London for Christmas, but the actress did not show up. Rabia said that on December 24, 2012, she had discovered Sooraj and Jiah had a violent fight after she received a message from Sooraj who told her that he got angry with Jiah after a fight with a friend and that she (Jiah) should forgive him and give another chance.?

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Rabia said her daughter did give Sooraj a second chance. But during their trip to Goa, Sooraj allegedly used to embarrass Jiah in front of his friends and flirted with other women in her presence, according to Rabia who added that in one of her phone calls, her daughter Jiah spoke about being at a very strange place and not wanting to stay there.?

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In her suicide note, Jiah Khan had mentioned that Suraj Pancholi had cheated her and destroyed her life. She even revealed that she had to go through abortion after she got pregnant with him.?

"I was scared of getting pregnant but I gave myself completely the pain you have caused me everyday has destroyed every bit of me, destroyed my soul. I can't eat or sleep or think or function. I am running away from everything. The career is not even worth it anymore," she wrote in the letter as per reports.??

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