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Actor Akshat Utkarsh dies by suicide in Mumbai, family suspects murder

Akshat Utkarsh hailed from Bihar's Muzaffarpur.

A budding actor named Akshat Utkarsh allegedly died by suicide at his home in Mumbai's Andheri, news agency ANI reported. A case has been lodged with the Mumbai Police and the matter is being probed. After the postmortem, Akshat's body was handed over to his family.

According to reports, he was found dead on Sunday night and was depressed due to lack of work in the industry. He hailed from Bihar's Muzaffarpur.

Hindustan Times reports that Akshat's family has dismissed speculations of him being depressed and claimed that he was murdered and alleged police negligence. He was found dead by his roommate at 11.30 pm on Sunday.

Many people took to Twitter to express shock over the incident. Meanwhile, a section of the internet is reminded of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, who also hailed from Bihar and was found dead at his apartment in Mumbai on June 14.

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Actor Akshat Utkarsh dies by suicide in Mumbai flat, family claims it is a murder

Actor Akshat Utkarsh, hailing from Bihar, died at his Mumbai flat two days ago. His family has alleged murder while claiming that the Mumbai Police didn’t even lodge an FIR.

A 26-year-old television actor Akshat Utkarsh from Bihar was found dead in his rented apartment in Mumbai’s Andheri area on Sunday night. According to Amboli police officials, Akshat died by suicide and was depressed due to lack of work. His family, however, has dismissed the depression narrative, claiming that the aspiring actor was murdered. His body was taken to his native Muzaffarpur by his family on Tuesday. They have alleged police negligence.

The police officials said Akshat used to stay with one of his female friend at a society near Andheri, RTO when the incident happened. According to his roommate’s statement, Akshat was behaving as usual on Sunday evening and they as usual chatted about various things and then had dinner together before going to sleep.

“At around 11.30 pm when she woke up to use the washroom, she found Akshat dead in his room, after which she immediately called the police,” said an officer from Amboli police station. A team of police officials rushed him to a private hospital where he was declared dead before arrival. After which the body was shifted to Cooper hospital for autopsy report, added the officer.

Someshwar Kanthe, senior police inspector at Amboli police station said, “We have registered an Accidental Death Record (ADR) and are enquiring the matter. Preliminary enquiry and autopsy report do not indicate any foul play. The incident took place on Sunday night somewhere between 10 pm and 11:30 PM.”

Police officials who have questioned his friends that Akshat was in depression as there was no job because of the lockdown and because he had to borrow money from his family and friends.

Speaking to Hindustan, his maternal uncle Ranjit Singh said that Akshat has been murdered. He said the Mumbai Police didn’t take the matter seriously and didn’t even lodge an FIR in the case. He also dismissed that Akshat was in depression, saying that the actor was looking for work and had also found a film.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/actor-akshat-utkarsh-found-dead-in-mumbai-flat-family-claims-it-is-a-murder/story-gM6cjZareA46K2t4HMNgnO.html