11 May,2016 02:48 PM IST | | Shaheen Parkar
Television actress Kamya Punjabi says speaking up for fellow actor Pratyusha Banerjee, who committed suicide last month, has had ugly repercussions for her
Almost one and a half months after Pratyusha Banerjee's controversial demise, Kamya Punjabi's 'Justice for Pratyusha' mission remains unswerving. At the same time, the TV actress is hardly affected by allegations that the deceased actress' boyfriend, Rahul Raj Singh, has been making against her every other day.
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Kamya Punjabi
Claiming that there has been adverse consequences of speaking up, Kamya says, "Yes, I am getting threat calls. But I am Kamya Punjabi, I am not scared of anyone. Rahul is targetting me. You think I care? He knows that I will not give up easily. He knows that I am fearless and what I am saying is on behalf of several others in the industry. There are many out there who do not want to come out in the open, so they are telling me. I am their voice too."
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Pratyusha Banerjee with Rahul Raj Singh
The actress still can't digest the fact that Pratyusha is no more and Rahul is roaming free. "A girl has lost her life and he has not spent a single night in jail. Pratyusha's parents are going from pillar to post to get justice for her. In our country, there is no jaan ki keemat (value of life). Who forced her to take this extreme step? There were marks on Pratyusha's face. There has to be some punishment so that it acts as a deterrent for others. Any man will think 50 times before raising his hand on a woman," she adds.
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Recounting TV actress Kuljeet Randhawa's suicide in 2006, Kamya says, "She had left a note behind that no one was responsible for her death, yet her beau Bhanu Uday went through hell and in so many other cases the guys were in the dock, but I am surprised that in Pratyusha's case, things are moving at a snail's pace. We had to fight even for the FIR to be filed. Rahul claimed that he wanted to jump off from the hospital where he was admitted, but the hospital was a single storey building! He did not come for the last rites of Pratyusha as he felt that her parents would beat him up. They were not in a frame of mind to do anything. That was the last time he was going to see her. If only he had come forward, things would have been different."
