Bhojpuri Actress Anupama Pathak Dies By Suicide In Mumbai

MUMBAI: Bhojpuri actress Anupama Pathak allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Dahisar in Mumbai on August 2. A day before her death she posted a 10-minute long video on Facebook over being cheated and not being able to trust anyone.

According to police, Anupama, 40, hailed from Purnea district in Bihar. She had shifted to Mumbai to pursue her career in acting and had acted in Bhojpuri movies and TV shows. A day before her suicide, she went live on Facebook on August 1, and said her fans that she was being cheated and

was not able to trust anyone. In the live video, Anupama spoke about her financial problems and about her friends who have disrespected her and made fun of her problems.

She advised her fans to be a person whom everybody can trust but never trust anyone. The actress said that she had learnt this in her life. People are very selfish and don't care for others, Anupama said in the video.

Police recovered a suicide note from her residence. Police registered a case and inquiring over it.

Police said that she had written the suicide note with two points citing them as the reasons for her suicide. In the first reason, she said that one man named Manish Jha had taken her two-wheeler in May during the lockdown when the actress was at her native place, and he didn't return the vehicle to Anupama even after she returned to Mumbai. Anupama in her second reason stated that she had invested Rs 10,000 in a production company, Wisdom Producer Company on the recommendation of a friend and she failed to get back her money in December 2019.