Pianist suicide: Cops question female friend

An Estonian national, Susanna Uzma, a key witness in the Karan Joseph death case, who was present in Rishi Shah's apartment when Joseph 'jumped off' to death on September 9, returned to India and her statement was recorded by the Mumbai Crime Branch, Unit 5 on Saturday.

According to her statement to the police, whenever she saw Joseph, he would always be busy with his mobile phone and would not talk much.

On September 9, Joseph had returned from a house party around 8 am and was sitting as usual near the window. Around 8:45 am he stood and 'jumped off', said a police source. The police have also recorded Shah's statement and are trying to get the sequence of events from him in place.

"We are in the process of recording statements of the witnesses and are verifying the claims made by them. We have recorded statements of Shah, Uzma, Shah's servant and Karan's other friends who have a different version than Shah and Uzma," said a crime branch officer.