Police on Saturday ruled out any foul play in the death of actor Arya Banerjee, who starred in acclaimed films like Dirty Picture and Love Sex Aur Dhoka.
Arya, the daughter of noted sitarist Nikhil Bandyopadhyay, was found dead in mysterious circumstances at her residence on Friday, and autopsy revealed that she had consumed large amounts of alcohol, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said on Saturday.
Kolkata Police Joint Commissioner (crime) Murlidhar Sharma told news agency Indo Asian News Service that Banerjee was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and she had consumed alcohol before passing away. He said: “It was not a case of homicide. Alcohol was found in her stomach at the time of her death”.
Banerjee used to stay alone at her Jodhpur Park residence along with her pet. When the maid could not get in touch with her, she had asked the actress’ neighbours to help, who also failed to obtain any response from her. Following this, the police were called to the spot who had to break the door of the actress’ third-floor apartment. The official statements by neighbours have revealed the actress did not like mixing up with people and kept to herself.
The body was sent for post-mortem examination and a forensic team collected samples from her room. However, after an initial investigation, any possibility of homicide has been ruled out.
