Television actor Samir Sharma, 44, was found dead at his home on Wednesday night. Police said Sharma was found hanging from the kitchen ceiling at his rented flat in Neha CHS building in Malad west.

According to the Malad police, the watchman of the society saw the body in the first floor flat's kitchen and alerted society members on Wednesday night. The police said as it had been raining heavily, no one from the society had walked to the side of the building from where Sharma's kitchen could be seen.