Bollywood star ‘killed’ by stepfather
The man who claims to have killed the star and her family ensured that her life was nothing less than a thriller
The mystery over Laila Khan appears to be a heady mix of sex, lies and jealousy. Add to them property worth crores of rupees and it has all the ingredients of a Bollywood potboiler.
A day after the Mumbai Police crime branch claimed to have found six skeletons from the Bollywood starlet's Igatpuri farmhouse in Nashik district, the police claimed that Laila and five other family members were killed out of jealousy.
Pervaiz Ahmed Tak, the main accused who claims to be the third husband of Laila's mother Saleena Patel, has reportedly told the police that he killed the family in a fit of rage as he suspected his wife of having a physical relationship with her second husband, Asif Sheikh.
' Tak felt that the family relied a lot on Sheikh and that he had an influence over them. This often angered Tak. He did not want the family to break ties with him,' joint commissioner of police ( crime) Himanshu Roy told reporters on Wednesday.
Tak belongs to Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir and he was arrested by the J& K Police recently after an SUV belonging to Laila was recovered from his house.
Giving the sequence of events on the night of February 8, 2011, the police said Tak and Laila's family organised a dance party and barbecue dinner at the luxurious Igatpuri farmhouse where the starlet's family was vacationing.
After dinner, while Laila and her siblings went to the ground floor to retire for