Jiah Khan's suicide letter sparks off new controversy

Jiah Khan is gone. But she leaves behind a legacy of heartbreak...and now recrimination and accusations. The latest suicidal salvo is a 6-page letter that Jiah’s family has apparently found by her bedside. The lengthy letter apparently written by Jiah was sent out to the press by her mother on Sunday evening with a hand-written note from Jiah’s mother which openly accuses Suraj and his father Aditya Pancholi of being responsible for Jiah’s suicide. In the letter written by Jiah’s mother she states, “Some sections of the media and some film industry people are speculating that my daughter Jiah committed suicide because of the depression related to her career. However the truth is that it only happened because of the trauma and the abuse she suffered in the hands of Suraj Pancholi and his father Aditya Pancholi.” Apparently the cops were not in favour of making Jiah’s letter public until the handwriting was verified. “But Jiah’s mother, for reasons best known to her, acted in haste, wasting no time in releasing the shocking content of the letter to the press,” says the source. According to a source very close to the Pancholis, the family is now exploring their legal options in the light of the revelations in the letter. But the Pancholi family has absolutely no ill-feeling towards Jiah or her family. Says the friend, “Aditya and Zarina love Jiah like their own daughter.In fact Aditya wears a cross around his neck gifted to Suraj by Jiah. They respect Jiah’s family’s grief during this time. But now when Jiah’s mother, acting on advice from people close to her, has chosen to declare an unsavoury war on the Pancholis, there’s no way they will take this lying down. But the Pancholis won’t speak a word against Jiah or her family.” In the coming days a clearer picture of the Pancholis’ line of action would emerge. Aditya Pancholi is worried only for his son’s future. He apparently rang up Suraj’s debut film’s producer Salman Khan and Suraj’s co-star Aathiya’s father Suniel Shetty to figure out how this ugly controversy would affect the aspirant’s future. “Both Salman and Suniel assured Aditya that the current controversy changes nothing,” says the source. “But no matter what, the Pancholis would not speak against Jiah or her mother. They understand the family needs to make some sense of the horrible tragedy that has befallen them. They need to pin the blame on someone outside the family to rationalize the loss. Suraj’s mother Zarinaji empathizes with Jiah’s mother completely.” However the Pancholi family fails to understand why Aditya Pancholi has been dragged into the relationship between his son and Jiah. “Why has Jiah’s mother named Aditya? He knew Jiah as his son’s friend. Aditya hardly met Jiah. In fact they met only on three occasions, once in Goa. All he knows about her is what his son has told him. Aditya and Jiah’s mother have known each other for years. What we want to know is, why is Jiah’s family in such a hurry to pass on the entire blame for her suicide on Aditya’s family?” asks the friend of the Pancholis.