Pratyusha Banerjee death: Boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh ‘cheated’, ‘slapped’ Balika Vadhu’s Anandi? Allegations surface

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: The tragic tale of Balika Vadhu's Anandi has acquired yet another twist, after initial allegations of suicide,and later dark hints of domestic violence, as her friends claimed her boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh "cheated on her" and used to "slap" her in public as well as in parties. The former 'Balika Vadhu' star was aged just 24 when she was found dead at her home in suburban Goregoan on April 1. Here is what, in a joint press conference, what her friends Kamya Punjabi and Vikas Gupta said:

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: "Some days ago she called me and said Rahul is cheating on her. Three-four days ago, when I got a call in Delhi, I told her I'll come and sort out everything. She said she can't live like this anymore and wanted to get out of this relationship. She said she needed help," Kamya claimed. "I told her we will meet on April 4, if she wants, she can stay at my place. Then she called our common friend Leena and said 'I want to fight back'," she added. (Photo: Twitter)

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: Gupta, who is a producer, claimed Pratyusha did not want to "give up" on the relationship. "She was in a messy relationship. She didn't want to come out of it thinking 'I don't want people to think I am in a relationship and now I am getting out of it'. She didn't want to give up," he claimed. (Photo: Instagram)

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: Gupta also claimed Rahul's ex-girlfriend Saloni Sharma allegedly used to assault Pratyusha in his absence. "Saloni Sharma used to visit her and assault her. She used to give threats to Pratyusha because of which she was disturbed too. When Pratyusha used to tell Rahul about this, he used to switch off his phone and not visit her," he further claimed. Kamya and Vikas also claimed that Rahul used to publicly "slap" Pratyusha in public as well as in parties and many of her friends had witnessed it. (Photo: Twitter)

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: Leena Dias, a common friend of Pratyusha and Rahul who claims to be "rakhi sister" of Rahul alleged that a day before the incident, Pratyusha had called her and said Saloni was torturing her and she wanted to get our of the mess. "Around 3 AM, a day before her (Pratyusha's) death, she (Pratyusha) called me and was crying. She said 'I want to get out of these things'. "Whatever is happening with me, is wrong. I asked her what exactly is it. Saloni used to torture her, attack her in Rahul's absence. She told me 'I want to fight back, I can't stay like this, I want to sort out these things and come out of this'," Leena claimed. (Photo: Twitter)

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: Arguing for Rahul Banerjee, his counsel Samir Sheikh said Pratyusha's parents did not make any allegation against him in their first statement to police, then why did they file the FIR later. He also said that Pratyusha didn't leave a suicide note blaming Rahul for her death, and also there were no marks on her body other than the ligature wound. (Source: Twitter)

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: "(Pratyusha's) Parents are going to pursue a case against Rahul… If she was pregnant she would've been alive. The death certificate does not mention she was pregnant," Vikas claimed. (Photo: Twitter)

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: "Pratyusha was a very middle class girl who wanted simple things. She wanted to get married and settle down. If she was getting those things, then I don't think she would've gone anywhere. If Rahul says they had a perfect life and no issues in relationship then she wouldn't have died," the producer claimed. Vikas added he had offered Pratyusha a new show and she was doing well professionally. (Photo: Instagram)

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: "Reasons of financial crisis behind her suicide are nonsensical. Pratyusha Banerjee charges more than a lakh rupees for a cameo. There was no financial problem, this is idiocy of a big level where some people are claiming that Pratyusha was depressed," he further claimed. (Photo: Twitter)

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Pratyusha Banerjee death: Kamya claimed that injury marks were found on Pratyusha's body and alleged that "the suicide theory had loopholes". "There are injury marks on the body, grave wound on her nose. If she was hanged, those marks wouldn't have been there. She was a 5-feet girl, could not have hung herself to a ceiling which is 10 feet high," she further claimed. (Photo: Instagram)