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Actress Vaishali Takkar suicide case: What we know so far

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Dristi Sharma
Dristi SharmaOct 17, 2022 | 17:37

Actress Vaishali Takkar suicide case: What we know so far

Trigger warning: This article is on suicide and could be triggering for vulnerable individuals.

Famous TV actress, Vaishali Takkar, who got her fame from television serials like Sasural Simar ka and Yeh Rishta Kya Kheltah hai, was found hanging in her Indore house on Sunday morning (October 16, 2022).  

A case has been registered at the nearest Tejaji Nagar police station, and a suicide note has been recovered. 

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We received info at Tejaji Nagar police station that TV actor Vaishali Takkar has hanged herself to death late last night. The recovered suicide note suggests that she was stressed and was being harassed by her former boyfriend Rahul Navlani.
- ACP M Rahman to ANI

The suicide note: The Times of India reported that Vaishali wrote a five-page suicide note in her small diary recovered from her room. The 30-year-old actress wrote that her former boyfriend Rahul was troubling her.

Indore's ACP M Rahman said that her boyfriend and neighbor Rahul was constantly pressuring her to marry him.

  • Rahul has been missing since her death, and police are trying to find him. Despite the fact that not many details about Rahul have been released, he is reportedly one of the prime suspects in the case, the police said,
I was harassed mentally and physically abused
- Vaishali Takkar wrote in her suicide note

What else? Her body was sent for post-mortem examination at MY Hospital, Indore. Police are also checking her e-gadgets to look for any clues. 

 

Her (TV actor Vaishali Takkar) e-gadgets will be probed. Her neighbour Rahul harassed her, because of whom she took this extreme step. She was about to get married to another man, but he hindered that too. Rahul is absconding; search on to nab him
- ANI quoted Indore ACP M Rahman as saying
 
Vaishali Takkar's Career as an actress: Vaishali Takkar shot to fame with her portrayal of Anjali Bharadwaj in the Colors TV serial Sasural Simar Ka.
  • She also played Shivani Sharma in Super Sisters
  • Netra Singh Rathore in the show Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara. 

The actress was last seen in the TV show Rakshabandhan where she played the role of Kanak Singhal Singh Thakur. The actress made her TV debut with the Starplus serial Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.   

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Reactions: Everybody was surprised by this news, and various stars sent their condolence to Vaishali's family and fans were in indefinite shock with some of them again linking her death with Sushanth Singh Rajput.  

Vaishali's Mother's Reaction:

Everybody knows why Vaishali committed suicide, she should get justice. She mentioned a man named Rahul, her life was ruined due to him. She didn't tell us earlier, she told us about it a few days ago. Thereafter, we had a conversation at his home.
- Vaishali's mother to ANI

Rising suicide cases in India: According to recent NCRB data, every year, more than 1,00,000 people commit suicide in India. 

A total of 1,64,033 suicides were reported in the country during 2021 showing an increase in comparison to 2020.

WHO says that the Covid pandemic has also been a leading factor for the recent increase in suicide cases across the globe.  

Last updated: October 17, 2022 | 17:37
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