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The British family of actor Jiah Khan believe the truth hasn鈥檛 come out about her death. Police charged her boyfriend, another actor, with driving her to suicide; he denies this.

How did Jiah Khan die? For her British family, the truth about her death still hasn鈥檛 come out.

Jiah Khan was a young actor who鈥檇 starred in a number of Bollywood films, before being found dead in her Mumbai flat. Police concluded her death was suicide, but her family believe the truth has not yet surfaced.

According to her family, various questions about the night of Jiah鈥檚 death still remain unanswered. The police never found the tracksuit that Jiah was seen wearing on CCTV just 15 minutes before her death. They soon concluded that Jiah had been driven to suicide by her boyfriend. In Indian law, this is a crime, abetment of suicide, which carries a jail sentence of up to ten years. He denies the charge.

Jiah鈥檚 mother Rabia hires a private forensic investigator, who raises questions about the forensic evidence and suggests that the police may have been too quick to conclude this was suicide. She is determined to fight on for what she sees as justice for Jiah.

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Mon 6 Sep 2021 23:15

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  • Asha Bhosle

    Jhumka Gira Re

  • Goldfrapp

    Ooh La La

  • Jiah Khan

    Take Lite

  • Shabbir Kumar

    I Dont Know What To Do

  • Shreya Ghoshal

    Latoo

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Role Contributor
Line Producer Caroline Willis
Line Producer Caroline Lai
Executive Producer Monica Garnsey
Executive Producer Anna Murphy
Executive Producer Orlando von Einsiedel
Series Producer Marta Shaw
Director Jasleen Sethi
Director Marta Shaw
Production Company Grain Media

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