Homicides are the most commonest crimes that are committed by people- for revenge, for property and sometimes they murder for some of the most weirdest reasons. . And its not only common people who are the victims or the culprits, sometimes the celebs are the victims and are accused as well.
Here is a list of 6 such spine-chilling celebrity murder mysteries that gripped the nation.
1. Brij Sadanah:
Kamal Sadanah’s (Bollywood actor) father BrijSadanah, who was a successful filmmaker in the 1970s, killed his wife and daughter in a fit of rage at their Bandra residence in Mumbai, shot Kamal, but he survived and then committed suicide on the same night. This entire episode sadly took place on Kamal’s B’Day.
2. Divya Bharti:
Bollywood actress and model Divya Bharti who was married to producer Sajid Nadiadwala, fell to her death from her five-story apartment building in Versova, Mumbai in 1993.Following her death there was much speculation by the media regarding Bharti’s sudden demise, including the possibility of accidental death, conspiracy and even murder.Even after the investigations, the Mumbai Police failed to find any evidence against Nadiadwala. He was never charged for murder and the case was closed in 1998, labeling it as an accidental death.
3. Gulshan Kumar:
The T-series music baron and film producer Gulshan Kumar was shot dead in broad daylight outside an Andheri temple by two men who pumped numerous bullets into his body. Nadeem, of the popular music composer duo Nadeem-Shravan, was accused of plotting the murder in Dubai with Dawood’s brother Anees Ibrahim Kaskar. Nadeem presently resides in London.
4. Neeraj Grover:
Grover was a television executive working for Synergy Adlabs was murdered in 2008. It was revealed that a small-time actress Maria Susairaj along with her fiancé, naval officer Emile Jerome Mathew had murdered Neeraj, who suspected that Neeraj was living with her and ended up stabbing Neeraj with a knife from Maria’s kitchen. Later the betrothed couple allegedly hacked his body to pieces, packed it in a bag and set fire to it.
5. Sandhya Singh:
Sandhya Singh, sister of Bollywood music composers duo Jatin-Lalitwent missing in December 2012. Days later her body was found in the marshes in Navi Mumbai, close to her residence and was discovered that her son Raghuveer, a drug addict was behind the murder and was arrested.
6. Sheena Bora:
Sheena Bora, an executive working for Mumbai Metro One, based in Mumbai went missing on April 24, 2012. In August, 2015 Mumbai Police arrested her mother Indrani Mukerjea, her stepfather SanjeevKhanna and her mother’s driver ShyamvarPinturamRai for allegedly abducting and killing her and subsequently burning her corpse.
By: Archa Dave