JJ Hospital doctors confirmed on Monday that TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee, 24, was pregnant and had probably undergone an abortion not long before her alleged suicide.
In a report carried in The Times of India , doctors from JJ Hospital said that an examination of Pratyusha’s uterine tissues indicated that “there was a conception a few days or a month before hr demise, and that there was a premature death of the foetal cell”. JJ Hospital had carried out a histopathological examination of the tissues to arrive at its findings.
According to the experts it would be difficult to establish the paternity of the foetus as there was hardly any matter left to conduct a DNA test.
On April 1, 24-year-old Pratyusha, who shot to fame for her role as Anandi in Balika Vadhu, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside her flat in suburban Goregaon in western Indian state of Maharastra. Two days later, a case under IPC sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 504, 506 (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of IPC was registered against Rahul following a complaint lodged by the actress’s parents.
