Tunisha Sharma Death: Police takes co-actor and accused Sheezan Khan to court

Mumbai: After the suicidal death of actor Tunisha Sharma on her TV serial set on Saturday, her co-star Sheezan Khan was held by the police early on Sunday. In the later morning hours, accused and Tunisha Sharma's co-star Sheezan Khan was taken to court from Waliv police station.

He was detained after a complaint of aiding suicide was filed against him, police said. Earlier, he was supposed to be admitted to court on Monday.

Tunisha's postmortem performed on early Sunday morning

Early on Sunday, Tunisha Sharma's post-mortem was performed at JJ Hospital in Naigaon, according to the police.

Officials stated that "the autopsy was conducted till 4:30 am and that 4-5 police personnel were also present," adding that the body is placed in a cold storage facility.

No suicide notes found

The police said the door to the washroom was locked from inside, but added that they had not found any suicide note till the time of going to print. A case has been registered in this regard, ACP Chandrakant Jadhav said.

Ms Sharma had gone to Sheezan’s make-up room when the shooting of the serial was going on in Naigaon. Sheezan was busy shooting at that time. When he came to the make-up room after his shot, he allegedly found the door locked from inside. The actor called his co-star but got no response. When the door was broken, the actress was found hanging and the police were informed.