Sheezan Khan sent to 14-day judicial custody, demands home-cooked meals

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Palghar,
Dec
31:
Actor
Sheezan
Khan,
who
was
arrested
for
allegedly
abetting
the
suicide
of
his
co-actor
Tunisha
Sharma,
and
sent
to
14-day
judicial
custody
on
Saturday,
has
demanded
home-cooked
meals,
medicines,
visits
by
family
while
in
custody.

Khan
was
produced
before
a
magistrate’s
court
in
Vasai
after
his
police
custody
ended
on
Saturday.
The
police
custody
had
been
extended
by
a
day
on
Friday.
The
magistrate
remanded
Khan
to
judicial
custody
for
14
days.

According
to
reports,
Sheezan’s
lawyer
submitted
that
his
client
is
suffering
from
serious
asthma
and
requires
to
use
asthma
inhaler
on
a
daily
basis.
The
accused’s
counsel
underscored
that
being
the
only
adult
male
member
of
the
family,
he
needs
to
meet
his
family
and
lawyers
to
help
him
take
decisions.

The
27-year-old
actor
was
arrested
by
Valiv
Police
in
Palghar
district
on
December
26
for
allegedly
abetting
Sharma’s
suicide.

A
case
under
section
306
(abetment
to
suicide)
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
has
been
registered
against
him.
Sharma,
21,
who
was
acting
in
the
TV
serial
‘Ali
Baba:
Dastaan-E-Kabul’,
was
found
hanging
in
the
washroom
on
the
set
of
the
show
near
Vasai
on
December
25.

Sheezan
Khan
forced
Tunisha
Sharma
to
follow
Islam,
alleges
late
actor’s
mother

Vanita
Sharma,
the
mother
of
late
actor
Tunisha
Sharma,
has
alleged
that
Khan
had
cheated
and
“used”
her
daughter.
She
also
claimed
that
Khan
had
slapped
her
daughter
on
the
set
of
a
TV
show
they
were
part
of.

She
had
earlier
accused
Sheezan
of
having
relationships
with
several
girls.
She
also
claimed
that
Tunisha
had
started
to
get
distant
from
her
and
had
even
started
to
learn
Urdu.

Tunisha’s
uncle
had
earlier
claimed
that
Tunisha’s
behaviour
and
lifestyle
had
changed
after
she
met
Sheezan
and
she
even
started
wearing
a
‘hijab’
(a
headscarf
worn
by
Muslim
women).