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Malaika’s stepfather suicide: Police record mother’s statement

Police will also record the statements of Malaika and her sister Amrita Arora besides the watchman and eye-witnesses

Actor Malaika Arora arrives at Bandra after her stepfather allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a building, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (PTI Photo)

By: India Weekly

MUMBAI Police has recorded a statement of Joyce, actor-model Malaika Arora’s mother, in connection with the alleged suicide of Malaika’s stepfather Anil Mehta.

Anil Mehta (62) allegedly jumped off the sixth floor of the building `Ayesha Manor’ in upscale Bandra (West) on Wednesday morning, as per the police.

His wife and Malaika’s mother Joyce was in the flat when the incident took place, an official said.

Joyce in her statement told police on Thursday (12) that she saw Anil’s slippers in the room and started looking for him before she heard the building’s watchman shouting for help, and looked down from the balcony, he said.

Mehta was found lying in a pool of blood on the building’s premises.

Police will also record the statements of Malaika and her sister Amrita Arora besides the watchman and eye-witnesses in a day or two, the official said.

The initial autopsy report of Anil Mehta has stated that he suffered injuries to the head, police said on Thursday.

The autopsy was conducted at a civic-run hospital on Wednesday evening.

The initial report stated that he died of multiple injuries to the head, legs and hands, said a police official.

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