B’wood dance choreographer dies by suicide

Mumbai: Dance choreographer Jason Watkins — brother-in-law of choreographer-filmmaker Remo D’Souza — was found hanging in his apartment at

Millat Nagar

, Andheri (West), on Thursday. His family had alerted the police in the afternoon when he stopped responding to their calls. “We learned that he was undergoing treatment for depression. A case of accidental death has been registered. No sign of foul play was found,” said

Manohar Dhanwade

, senior inspector with Oshiwara police. Remo’s wife, Lizelle, told TOI that Jason had been struggling with grief since their mother’s death in 2018. tnn