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Jiah Khan murder case: CBI seizes documents from Pancholi's house

Actress Jiah Khan was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her Juhu residence in 2013.

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In what could spell more trouble for Sooraj Pancholi, son of Bollywood actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that it has seized fresh incriminating documents during the search operations conducted at his residence on Wednesday.

A CBI spokesperson said the 'recovered articles' are currently being scrutinised and they will serve a useful purpose in the ongoing investigation. Without giving further details on the nature of the seized articles, a senior CBI official said the 'documents include various forms of correspondence between the couple'.

Actress Jiah Khan was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her Juhu residence in 2013. Sooraj was allegedly in a relationship with the actress. "As of now, the material seized is being scrutinised and it has been helpful in aiding the investigation. If need be, more searches will be conducted," the official added. Last year, too, CBI had found some CDs, said to be vital in the case.

On Wednesday, the probe agency searched the residences of Sooraj Pancholi's father Aditya Pancholi in connection with the death of Khan. In an investigation which followed after the actress's death, Mumbai police had concluded that she took her own life and filed a charge sheet in a city court this year accusing Sooraj with abetment to suicide.

However, last year in August, CBI launched an investigation on whether the death was a suicide or homicide after Jiah's mother approached the Bombay high court alleging shoddy investigation by police.
Sooraj and his parents denied all the charges levelled against him. Jiah had made a high-profile debut in 2007 opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Ram Gopal Varma's film 'Nishabd'. She had also worked with other renowned film makers of Bollywood.
 

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