Father of 31-year-old struggling actor Kunal Singh, who reportedly committed suicide at his Oshiwara home last week, has alleged that his son was murdered
Actor Kunal Singh had ‘injury marks’ on his arms and chestFather of 31-year-old struggling actor Kunal Singh, who reportedly committed suicide at his Oshiwara home last week, has alleged that his son was murdered.
Kunal was found hanging in his rented apartment in the posh Lokhandwala Complex last week. The Oshiwara police probing the case had stated that Kunal had allegedly hanged himself. His friend and co-star in an upcoming film, Laveena Bhatia, was in the house when the incident happened.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Kunal’s father Rajendra Singh, 58, alleged that when he claimed his son’s body from the hospital, he found several injury marks on his arm and chest suggesting that someone strangulated him and later hanged the body from the ceiling to make it look like a suicide.
“I questioned the police about the marks. However, they said the marks were caused while they were taking down Kunal’s body from his flat,” said Singh.
Singh also alleged that the land mafia was behind the killing of his son. “Kunal was negotiating a land deal in Karjat which might be a reason behind his murder,” Singh said.
Kunal’s friend and co-star Laveena Bhatia, who was there in the house during the incident, had told the police that she was in the bathroom when Kunal hanged himself.
Singh however said he was not willing to accept Laveena’s statement. “She is definitely a witness to the crime but she is scared and hiding the facts. I think she has been threatened,” Singh said.
Singh added that an hour before Kunal’s death, he had sent a text message to music director Dabu Mallik, asking whether he could hear the tunes for the film that the actor was producing. “How can he instantly decide to kill himself if only an hour ago he had decided to go to hear the tunes,” said Singh.
Senior police inspector of Oshiwara police, Kiran Sonone, said: “We have asked Singh to get a written complaint and we are probing the matter on out part.”
Kunal had come down to the city in 2003 to make it big in Bollywood. He had recently started work on the production of his upcoming film Yogi in which he was also the lead actor. Kunal had acted in several south Indian films.
While the police were considering that Kunal’s proximity with Bhatia might have led to some troubles, driving him to take such a drastic step, his father Singh said, “Kunal was happy with his wife Anuradha and his two daughters. Rumours about his relationship with Laveen are false.”
s_jyoti@dnaindia.net 
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