Marathi film-maker found dead, posts ‘suicide note’
Financial loss in film-making, troubled family life were the reasons
CHENNAI: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu called Refuting were shown. Nobody asked where on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K allegations of irregularities in they came from. It is a big fraud. PUNE: Marathi film producer Atul Palaniswami here on Sunday in an political donations levelled against Fake cheques were shown.
apparent bid to woo the AIADMK B Tapkir was found dead at a luxury it by sacked Minister Kapil Mishra, Anyone can do this. Even I can
ahead of Presidential election. hotel here on Sunday morning, police the AAP on Sunday said that it make such cheque of Rs 70 crore in
Naidu’s meeting comes only days said. He was 35. after BJP’s Tamil Nadu leader Vanathi followed all prescribed norms and the name of BJP. I ask BJP leaders
A post on Tapkir’s Facebook Srinivasan met the Chief Minister at rules and the allegations were part to stop shooting its gun from page indicates he was disturbed over Coimbatore. of a conspiracy hatched by the BJP Mishra’s shoulder,” he said. financial loss in film-making and a According to AIADMK sources, to crush it. Singh also accused the BJP of troubled family life. the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to Addressing a press conference changing a law with retrospective
get the Chief Minister’s support for its Police had to break open the hotel here, Aam Adami Party (AAP) effect to save itself from a court
candidate in the Presidential election. room where they found Tapkir’s body. leader Sanjay Singh said the central ordered action for irregular
The AIADMK group led by A case of accidental death (ADR) Palaniswami has the support of most government and the BJP wanted to political funding. has been registered by the Deccan of the 122 members in the state crush the AAP and defame Delhi “The BJP and the Congress has Gymkhana Police Station, and the assembly. In addition, many MPs Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. not given declaration of about 70body has been sent for an autopsy, a including Rajya Sabha members also “It a conspiracy to de80 per cent of donations worth Rs police official said. making allegations against him, side of the story too when a woman back Palaniswami. recognise and de-register the 1,000 crore in last 10 years. One of the last ‘suicidal’ messages defaming him in the neighbourhood lodges a complaint”. He said his last Soon after meeting BJP’s AAP and the BJP is involved in it They said these 70-80 per cent
Srinivasan, Palaniswami had urged posted on Tapkir’s Facebook page on and abusing him. wish was that since his wife cannot totally. What Kapil Mishra says, donations were received from
AIADMK leaders not to criticise the BJP Saturday suggests he was depressed Tapkir’s post — written in Marathi look after their children, his father BJP repeats it. unknown sources. They are not
in any public meeting. over the financial losses he suffered by — mentioned that his wife got her “soshould raise them. BJP national Secretary H Raja What the BJP says, Kapil Mishra ready to reveal the source. producing Marathi film Dhol Taashe. called” brothers to threaten and beat As proof of the harassment he also stated that there was nothing repeats. When the BJP leaders Whether it came from
In the lengthy post, he claimed that him up. faced, Tapkir said he has saved in a wrong in the BJP’s move to elicit the speak of corruption, it seems hawala or foreign companies or while his father and sisters backed He shared how when some days pen drive, the incident when his wife’s AIADMK’s support. Daku Gabbar Singh is preaching organisations?” he asked. him, his wife Priyanka allegedly ago, he called her and abused her, she brother hurled abuses at him. At the same time, the BJP also has non-violence,” he said. Singh also Singh said that after the
good ties with former chief minister O harassed him. abused him and his family in return Despite the apparent suicide, questioned authenticity of the demonetisation, old currency notes
Panneerselvam, who has the support Tapkir said his wife threw him out and lodged a police complaint against Deccan Gymkhana police have cheques shown by Mishra while amounting to Rs 14.5 lakh crore
of 12 MLAs and nine MPs. of their home, and he was living out of them. recorded accidental death for now. The AIADMK split into two factions making allegations in his press was in circulation but deposits of made.—Rs17lakhcrorewere IANS the house since six months. Tapkir has urged Maharashtra Police said investigation will proceed after the death of then chief minister J conference earlier in the day.
He was also upset as she alienated Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after receipt of the postmortem report. Jayalalithaa in December last year. “Cheques of Rs 35 crore each their children from him, apart from that “the police must listen to a man’s — IANS