Ahead of Jiah Khan suicide case verdict, Sooraj Pancholi's mother Zarina Wahab says 'this has been a traumatic phase'

Jiah Khan Suicide Case: A special CBI court in Mumbai will announce on Friday its verdict in the suicide case of Bollywood actress Jiah Khan, who was found dead in her home on June 3, 2013.

Actor Suraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, is accused of abetting the suicide of Jiah Khan.

Ahead of the verdict, Zarina Wahab said that they have waited for 10 years for the verdict and added that the case has made her son’s life 'hell'.

Zarina Wahab: It has been a traumatic phase

In a interview with ETimes, the veteran actress called herself a 'helpless mother' and said, "All this time we’ve believed that the Almighty would do justice to our son. When my son looks at me I can feel his pain. I am not able to look into his eyes. I can feel what he is going through. And I feel helpless. I can’t say anything to him. I know my son is innocent."

She added, "Dus saal lag gaye hain. Lekin mujhe upar wale pe pura bharosa hai. I feel this has been a phase, a traumatic phase. Lekin uparwale ke ghar me der hai andher nahi."

Jiah Khan's death case

Sooraj Pancholi was charged on the basis of a six-page letter purportedly written by Jiah Khan, who was found hanging in her Juhu home.

As per the Central Bureau of Investigation, the letter, which was seized by Mumbai police that began its probe on June 10, 2013, was written by Jiah Khan.

The CBI claimed the note narrated her "intimate relationship, physical abuse and mental and physical torture" allegedly at the hands of Sooraj Pancholi, which led to her committing suicide.

The case was reassigned to a special CBI court in 2021 after the sessions court said it did not have the jurisdiction over the case as the CBI had probed it.

Jiah Khan's mother Rabia Khan, a key prosecution witness in the case, told the court she believed it was a case of murder and not suicide. The Bombay High Court last year dismissed her petition seeking a fresh probe into the case.