Vj Nafisa Commits Suicide! Options

[paranoid]

MUMBAI, July 30: Former Miss India Nafisa Joseph, who was a popular television actress and anchor for the entertainment channel MTV India, hanged herself from a ceiling fan in her Mumbai home, police said on Friday.

The 25-year-old Joseph, who won the Miss India crown in 1997, committed suicide on late Thursday in a suburb of the country's entertainment and financial capital.

Her mother, Usha Joseph, found her and took her to a nearby hospital but the beauty queen was declared dead on arrival. She said her daughter committed suicide after her fiance said he was calling off their wedding set for next month and the pair argued.

"She was an emotionally strong girl and would usually never succumb to emotional pressures," she told reporters. "Police are investigating the case and trying to find out the reason for Nafisa to have taken such a step. She left no suicide note," assistant police commissioner Arun Waluj told AFP.

There was no immediate comment available from her fiance. Her friends and relatives said they were unable to believe the news as Joseph, also an animal rights activist, had always had a lively personality. Joseph was originally from Bangalore. -AFP

[subzi]

whoa! thats weird and sad... wasnt she salman khans brothers wife?

This post has been edited by subzi: Jul 31 2004, 12:51 AM

[sweet_hooligan]

^no she wasnt. IM really shocked
she was my fav model.

[mister]

[Samira Saeed]

I dont know if u all remember or not, but she was the REALLY thin VJ on MTV India, used to have her own show also... did some TOP TENs too... She looked fine on TV, just goes to show people on the screen may have really twisted personal lives, or rather we all have a different life Off this forum. Sad really.

Linkage. Apparently it was because she had some argument with her fiance.



This post has been edited by Samira Saeed: Jul 31 2004, 11:13 AM

[subzi]

thanks for the clarification

[wahab49]

OH very sad, btw nice Sig. pict.

[Paki_Rulz_1]

Thats sad news.. but she took the wrong way of dealing with her problems.

[stealth]

i couldn't believe it at alll..when i first heard the news. Anyways, what can you do.
Rest in peace.

[mister]

She was former Miss India too.After her death her mom blames her fiance.But he differs

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/798110.cms

MUMBAI: Gautam Khanduja, Mumbai-based businessman and fiance of former Miss India Nafisa Joseph, who committed suicide on Thursday night at her residence here, on Saturday told police that he had temperamental differences with the beauty queen as a result of which he broke their proposed marriage slated to be held on August 7.


In a statement to Versova police, Khanduja said that he and Nafisa were going steady for nearly one and a half years but of late, temperamental differences had cropped upon between them and he decided to part ways with her.

In a four-hour grilling session, Khanduja, accompanied by his lawyer Dipesh Mehta, also told police that Nasifa was upset over his decision to call off the marriage. He also narrated few instances to describe their relationship.

[manna]

Reminds me of Nazia Hasan's death at an innocent age. Nazia must have been longing to live for some more hours as sun wud show every morning some hope..some light..i cannot help but visualize ke agar hamara life par haq nahein hai...mout per kese ho sakta hai!

[Guru]

that's soooo sad .

similar to the Indian actress Divya Bharti's suicide case i think ... in that case too her husband was under suspect that he might have killed him!

but suicide ... man ... it's too gruesome ... i have been through it myself ... almost .

may Allah rest her in peace.

[Rinoa]

.NO ONE IS WORTH DYING FOR.

[paranoid]

its really a sad new yaar

[XxMaNi911xX]

Rinoa im wud u on diz wun completely.. i waz in dat stage once n believe mah i regreted it soo much for it....

[Hakuna Matata]

Nafisa's Family And Friends



This post has been edited by Hakuna Matata: Aug 5 2004, 11:20 PM

[Hakuna Matata]

[Hakuna Matata]

I think it was a stupid reason to commit suicide.. I dont think so there is any acceptable reason to commit suicide.......I don't feel sorry for her.

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Nafisa, who was crowned Femina Miss India-Universe in 1997, was to get married on August 28 this year to a Bangalore-based businessman. She hailed from Bangalore, and had been modelling since the age of 13. The beauty queen was also an avid animal lover and an MTV VJ.

Even as friends, relatives and fans woke up to the shocking news of her death on Thursday in her Versova home, police said a clearer picture of the tragedy would emerge only after an autopsy.

"Nafisa Joseph locked her mother and friend Poonam in her bedroom, then asked her maid to wait outside the flat before taking the extreme step," a police official said.

Twenty-five-year-old Joseph's home was located on the third floor of Raj Kamal Apartments.

Recounted her maid Durga Bisai "I was worried when 'didi' (madam) shut the door on me. I rang the doorbell. But it didn't ring. I even tried to open the door with a duplicate key, but it was locked."

Then Bisai, 33, called the watchman and a resident association member over the intercom.

"Joseph was found hanging from the ceiling fan when we reached her flat," said Arun Walunz, assistant commissioner of police (ACP).

"Our investigation is progressing. We are awaiting the autopsy report." Police said Joseph seems to have hung herself using a dupatta.

Walunz said "The relatives and the watchman of the building had to cut through the window where the air conditioner was fitted to enter the room."

Joseph was to get married to Mumbai-based businessman Gautam Khanduja on August 28, a source close to the family said. "But due to some problems, her engagement was apparently called off at the last minute."

"The two had been seeing each other for the past 15 months," the source added. "Gautam, who is already married, first met Nafisa at a nightclub."

Khanduja, who lives in Pali Hill, in suburban Bandra, deals in automobile parts. A police official said "The two had an altercation over his divorce papers and that may have upset her."

Police say Joseph along with her mother met Khanduja at his Bandra house on Wednesday evening.

"Her mother accompanied her back home to Versova and stayed overnight with her. Her friend Poonam came to visit them on Thursday evening," a police official said.

The family hails from Bangalore. Her father arrived in Mumbai on Thursday night, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Amitabh Gupta said the family had told police it was "a case of suicide".

Versova police have registered a case under Section 174 (accidental death) of the Criminal Procedure Code. However, Gupta said, police are exploring all angles. "It is too early to comment any further."

Joseph won the Miss India crown in 1997 at the age of 19. She worked as a model and was a VJ for a music channel. She was also involved with an animal rights project.

This post has been edited by Hakuna Matata: Aug 5 2004, 11:25 PM

[Guru]

Some more:

Nafisa herself


Nafisa Joseph's friend actress Amrita Arora and others outside the Mumbai's Cooper Hospital where the dead body of young model was brought in for post mortem in Mumbai on Friday.

[Guru]

Some funeral pics:

If they appear to be disturbing ... then tell me and i'll edit my post ... or the mods can do it ... thank u.

[cr33d]

Was that the same day? How many days after was the funeral?

[Pr!NcE$$]

ur rite they r a lil disturbin