Disha Salian’s parents write to president: threaten to end their lives

Mumbai, Mar 26: After knocking on all doors, Disha Salian’s disturbed parents have written to President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking justice for their late daughter, whose name, they said, was being maligned for political reasons. Disha, who used to be late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s manager, was found dead in early June, 2020. A few days later, Sushant was found dead in his Bandra apartment. The parents of Disha stated that constant harassment has made their lives so miserable that they have been contemplating ending their lives. They mentioned Union Minister Narayan Rane and his son Nitish in the letter and demanded that the harassment is stopped. “We (me and my wife) have appealed to the important people of this country to stop the politicians from maligning our daughter’s name. We have also sent the same petition to Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray, Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court,” Disha’s father said. In their letter to the President, Disha’s parents pointed out how the family was being maligned. “Some people active on social media started connecting her death with the subsequent episode of the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and started spreading imaginary and factually incorrect information on social media and on news channels. Some politicians like Narayan Rane and Nitesh Rane jumped into the issue because of rivalry with Aditya Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray to settle their personal scores, dragged us into their political battle and have made our lives miserable,” they wrote. Reiterating that there is no truth to the rape theory they said: “As we were aware and also confirmed later with her friends that Disha had not come out of the flat since 4th of June 2020. The CCTV installed in that building will disclose the said fact. However, Narayan Rane and Nitesh Rane kept on saying that some persons entered the flat and raped Disha. We find it very offensive and we had to hide our faces from society. Both of us couldn’t grieve in peace and have been deeply hurt by these people and their baseless, insulting, unfounded character assassination of our daughter.” “It has affected our lives so much and made it so immensely miserable that we sometimes think of ending our lives,” they wrote. They urged the President to direct authorities to order necessary action against those responsible, else they will have no option but to end their lives.