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Jiah Khan’s mother: “Bollywood has to completely demolish bullying”

Jiah Khan’s mother Rabia Khan has called for a change in the film industry after the sudden demise of Sushant Singh Rajput.

Rabia, whose daughter Jiah passed away by suicide in 2013, spoke about the “bullying” culture in Bollywood. She told SpotBoye in a video interview, “What happened with Sushant, has reminded me of 2015 when I went to meet CBI officer who had called me down from London. He said please come, we have found some incriminating evidence. I land up over there and he says, ‘Oh, by the way, Salman Khan calls me every day and says he has invested a lot of money, please don’t harass the boy, please don’t interrogate him, don’t touch him. So what can we do, madam?’ He was annoyed, he looked frustrated.”

She added, “My condolences to Sushant Singh’s family. It is very heartbreaking, it is not a joke. Bollywood has to change, Bollywood has to wake up. Bollywood has to completely demolish bullying. I have to say bullying is also kind of killing somebody.”

She further stated, “If this is what is going to happen that you are going to pressurise and use your money and power to sabotage deaths and investigations, then I don’t know where we citizens can go to.”

Jiah’s alleged boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi was charged with a case of abetment in the actress’ death.