Actor Kushal Punjabi was found to have committed suicide at his Bandra residence late on Thursday. His suicide note says no one should be held responsible for his extreme step, and the police believe his failing marriage might have pushed him over the edge.
According to the Bandra police, on Thursday night, Punjabi’s parents became alarmed when he did not respond to phone calls. They contacted his friends, who reached El Cid building in Bandra (West), where Punjabi lived alone, around 11.10 p.m. They broke open the door and rushed Punjabi to Bhabha Hospital, where he was declared dead before admission.
“Punjabi left behind a suicide note that runs into one-and-a-half pages, in which he bequeathed half of his property to his parents and sister and the rest to his three-year-old son. He goes on to say that no one should be held responsible for his suicide. The note does not make any mention of the reason for his actions,” a police officer said.
The officer said inquiries so far indicate that his marriage was on the rocks. Punjabi and his wife, a European model, married in 2015 and had a son in 2016. However, they had been living separately for the last two years, with his wife moving to Shanghai with their son.
Punjabi had posted a picture of his son on his Instagram account hours before his suicide was discovered. His friends from the acting fraternity, including actor Karanvir Bohra, express their shock and grief at his passing on social media. Punjabi has acted in several movies like Lakshya , Bombay Boys , Salaam-e-Ishq and Kaal , apart from popular television shows.
The police have registered an accidental death report for now.
