Overview

• In a Bollywood Bubble interview, Singh claimed that Banerjee’s father regularly provided her with alcohol long before and during their relationship, worsening her depression.
• He described how their bond and her rapport with her father frayed after Balika Vadhu ended, with arguments turning aggressive when he was intoxicated.
• Pratyusha Banerjee rose to fame as the lead in Balika Vadhu and was found dead by suicide in April 2016 in her Goregaon West apartment, where police noted multiple beer cans and liquor bottles.
• Her parents filed a complaint against Singh under IPC sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt).
• Singh secured anticipatory bail in July 2016, his discharge plea was rejected by a Mumbai sessions court in August 2023, and the abetment of suicide case remains pending.