June 29, 2010
Mumbai: The police will decide on their course of action after recording the statements of Viveka Babajee’s family members.
Former model Viveka Babajee committed suicide by hanging herself inside her flat in Khar on Friday night. Babajee’s boyfriend Gautam Vora could be booked immediately for abetting the suicide if her family alleges foul play against him, an officer from the Khar police station said.
If the family decides against filing any complaint, the police will have to gather circumstantial evidence and record statements of common friends. Vora, a stockbroker and a resident of Napean Sea Road, has come under the scanner after his name surfaced in Babajee’s diary.
“We are waiting for the family to recover,” Amitabh Gupta, additional commissioner of police, west region, said. “Our next action will depend on their statements.” If the family does not allege foul play, the police will have to record statements of friends who may have witnessed fights. Also, they will have to go through Babajee’s phone records and emails to see if she had been mentally harassed.
A diary recovered from Babajee’s apartment had an entry, “You killed me Gautam Vora.” The police, however, say this is not strong enough to book Vora for abetting her suicide.
“The entry is not dated and abrupt in nature,” an investigating officer said. Though the police do not suspect foul play, they are waiting for the viscera report from the Kalina forensic laboratory to get a clear picture.
While seeking anticipatory bail, Vora told the court that he was with Babajee in her flat the night before she killed herself. They had met at a function in April and their friendship grew through social networking sites. An officer who was present in court said Vora told the court that Babajee kept talking about her failed relationships and her financial setbacks.
The post-mortem report said Babajee took anti-depressants, sleeping pills, drank alcohol, and smoked several cigarettes before hanging herself.
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