The misery
of struggling artistes in the country continues..as another actress kills
herself due to the stress and fear for her career in B-town. And she is Saiyyam
(28) , who has acted in a film called ‘The Haunted House’ and was awaiting the
release of another film ‘The Last Horror’. According to the police, on August
30, a day before the incident, Saiyyam had asked her sister to go to the market
to purchase vegetables.
Riya
studies in Dehradun but had come down to Mumbai to stay with her sister, since
July 22. The duo’s parents have passed away. Before Riya left the house,
Saiyyam hugged her and told her she loved her. She asked her sister to come
back home, eat dinner and go to sleep without disturbing her, as she was
resting. Riya returned from the market and watched TV late into the night. All
the while, she could hear the strains of the song ‘Tum Ho’ from Rockstar play
in her sister’s room on loop. Thinking that her sister had fallen asleep with
her iPod on, she went in and found her hanging from the ceiling fan. Riya then
called the police. Police said the actress also left behind a suicide note in
which she holds nobody responsible for her drastic step and that nobody should
be questioned after her death.
Writing
that she was willingly committing suicide and that she loved her sister, she
emailed the note to her G mail account from her iPad. The victim’s sister has
alleged that Saiyyam would never take such a step. She believes it is her
boyfriend who has pushed her into taking this extreme decision. According to
her, the man, who is the son of a well-known actor, used to abuse and assault
her sister. She was upset because he had been avoiding her. “My sister loved
her boyfriend, but he only ignored her. The evening before the incident, she
went to meet him. When she returned, she was depressed. She would always worry
about her boyfriend, but he did not take her seriously. I am sure something
happened, which triggered the suicide,” Riya told to the media.
The last
phone call made from the victim’s phone is to her boyfriend. However, Riya
doesn’t want to file a police case as she doesn’t have the strength to go through
the rigmarole of the legal procedures. “I am alone and have no family. I know
the truth, but I can’t fight to get justice for my sister. If I name him, I’m
sure the cops will start raising questions against my sister and I. It is
difficult to fight this system and I can’t do it alone,” she added.
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