Tunisha Sharma death: Forensic team visits TV show set, seizes actor’s clothes

 

 

 

A TEAM from a Forensic Science Laboratory in Mumbai has visited the set of the television show in Maharashtra’s Palghar district where actor Tunisha Sharma was found dead and seized various materials including a crepe bandage which she allegedly used to hang herself, a police official said on Tuesday.

The forensic team from the Kalina lab visited the set on Monday and also seized the clothes and jewellery which Sharma (21) wore on Saturday, when she was found dead, he said. The official also said that police have seized Sharma’s co-actor Sheezan Khan’s mobile phone and clothes which he wore on the day of incident, the official said.

The police have recorded the statements of 16 persons, including those who were present on the set on Saturday, he said. Khan (27) was arrested on Sunday for allegedly abetting the suicide of Sharma.

ACTOR TUNISHA SHARMA CREMATED IN MUMBAI: THE last rites of actor Tunisha Sharma were held on Tuesday here in the presence of her family members and industry colleagues.

Sharma, known for TV shows such as “Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul” and films such as “Fitoor”, died by suicide on Saturday on the sets of her serial. She was 21. Following a post-mortem examination at J J Hospital, her mortal remains were brought to Tembha Hospital in Mira Bhayandar and then taken to her Mira Road home.

She was cremated at Ghodev Shamshan Bhumi in Bhayandar East. Sharma’s mother Vanita Sharma was inconsolable and fell unconscious during her last rites. The 13th day of mourning will be held on January 5 in Chandigarh, Sharma’s uncle said.