Jiah Khan case: Court raps CBI for leaking chargesheet details to media

Mumbai: A special court on Friday rapped the CBI for leaking to the media parts of its chargesheet in the model-actress Jiah Khan suicide case, saying this was “very serious” and asked the probe agency to be careful in future. Two days after the CBI filed its chargesheet in the case, accused Sooraj Pancholi on Friday appeared before a Special Women’s court which adjourned the matter till 18 January. [caption id=“attachment_2428694” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Sooraj Pancholi. IBNLive [/caption] As Pancholi collected the copy of the chargesheet and left, Special Judge AS Shende adjourned the case observing, “How come the contents of the chargesheet is known to media even before I got to know about it?” “CBI is the only source from where it got leaked. This is a very serious thing. Be careful about it in future,” she warned. Meanwhile, outside the court, Jiah’s mother Rabiya Khan told reporters that she was not satisfied with the chargesheet. “I am not happy with the chargesheet, there is much more to be revealed,” she said. Pancholi (25), who made his debut in Hindi film industry recently, has been charged by the CBI for allegedly abetting suicide of Jiah Khan who he had met through Facebook in September 2012 and the friendship blossomed into “intimate relationship” over a period of time, the chargesheet says. As per the charge sheet filed in the court, it is alleged that on 3 June, 2013, Jiah was found hanging by her mother at her residence. It was after she had left Pancholi’s house that morning. The two had been staying together for the past two days. According to the CBI, forensic analysis of his statements indicate that Pancholi had hidden facts and fabricated information during questioning. The analysis, which is part of the chargesheet, has “established that Sooraj was concealing relevant information about the actual reason behind the incident and the statement given by him is incomplete and fabricated,” CBI sources claimed. Pancholi was also not willing to explain his last argument with Jiah, the sources said. The young actor, who is the son of Bollywood couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, refused to be part of any scientific tests like polygraph or brain mapping which the agency wanted to conduct to get to the bottom of his alleged role in the incident, the sources had said. CBI has alleged that the three-page note seized by Mumbai Police on 10 June, 2013 was written by Jiah. It narrated her intimate relationship, physical abuse and mental and physical torture allegedly experienced at the hands of Pancholi which led to her suicide. It alleged that the letter was not signed and even not addressed to Pancholi. However, evidence on hand incriminates only Pancholi. In October 2013, Rabiya had moved the Bombay High Court alleging that Jiah, her daughter, had been murdered and sought a CBI probe which was granted. PTI