Sheezan Khan’s mother Kehekshan and sisters Falaq Naaz and Shafaq Naaz, along with his lawyer Shailendra Mishra, held a press conference on Monday to address the allegations levelled against him by Tunisha Sharma’s mother, Vanita Sharma. Tunisha reportedly died by suicide on December 24, 2022. She was found hanging in a makeup room of the set of her TV show Ali Baba: Dastaan-e-Kabul. Her co-actor Sheezan, with whom she was in a relationship, was arrested subsequently for abetment to suicide. He is currently in judicial custody. In the last few days, Tunisha’s family has accused Sheezan of cheating on her and even pressuring her to convert to Islam.
At the press conference, talking about forcing Tunisha to wear hijab and learn Urdu, Falaq, who is also an actress said, “Hijab aur dargah ka sawaal hi nahi uthta. The picture doing the rounds in which Tunisha can be seen wearing a hijab is from the shoot of their show. It was during Ganesh Chaturthi when they performed a puja in their costumes. Tunisha was like a sister to me and we shared a beautiful bond.”
Actress Shafaq said, “Also, the allegation of him consuming drugs is absolutely baseless. And there is no mystery girlfriend. He was single after he broke up with Tunisha.”
Lawyer Shailendra added, “The angle of love jihad has been dismissed by the police. There is no connection between Tunisha’s suicide and Sheezan’s family. The two broke up 15 days before the incident, which is known to all. They had moved on and continued to be on good terms.”
Tunisha’s mother has also accused Sheezan of slapping the actress when she confronted him about cheating on her. About this, Sheezan’s mother said, “Why didn’t Tunisha’s mother come to our place and talk about it or slap Sheezan herself? Was she waiting for something drastic to happen? Her only mission should be to find out why her daughter died by suicide and ensure that Tunisha gets justice. We also want justice for her. We have lost Tunisha, who was like a daughter to us. But that family is now torturing my son by levelling
allegations that are not true. What does Vanitaji want? Ek bachhi ne suicide kar liya aur doosri maa ka bachha bhi suicide kar le kya aapke torture aur pressure mein aakar?”
Shailendra alleged that Tunisha didn’t share a great equation with her family. He said, “
Tunisha ke khud ki family ke saath sambhandh sahi nahi thay. Even the two men, Pawan Sharma and Sanjeev Kaushal, who are claiming to be her uncles, are not her close relatives. In fact, Pawan Sharma was Tunisha’s manager, who was sacked by her four years ago. Her mother, along with Sanjeev, would control Tunisha and her money.”
He added that Sheezan is disturbed and needs counselling. He said, “An inmate in Taloja jail where Sheezan is, ended his life three days ago. Keeping that in mind, we have appealed for counselling and security. We want him to be under observation constantly. He shouldn’t be left alone.
Jisne poori zindagi mein na police dekhi na court dekha, achaanak aaj pure media ke saamne woh trial face kar raha hai.”
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