Famous Marathi television actress Pragnya Prashant Parkar strangulated her teenage daughter and then hanged herself at their house at Manisha Nagar in Kalwa in Maharashtra’s Thane district.
Pradnya had played small roles in Marathi television shows. According to the suicide note recovered, purportedly written by Pradnya Parkar says she was under extreme stress and hence she killed her daughter Shruti and was going to kill herself.
Police suspected that unable to get work in the industry, she was in depression and decided to end her life. Police also found a suicide note of Pragnya stating she killed her daughter and no one else should be held responsible for their death.
Famous television actress commits suicide
“We have found a suicide note believed to be written by Pradnya. In the letter, Pradnya said she had killed her daughter and would be taking her own life. She said she was taking the extreme step of her own accord. We are still searching the house for more notes or clues that might help shed light on the motive behind Pradnya taking her own life,” Senior police inspector Shekhar Bagde told reporter.
Parkar’s husband Prashant had gone to the gym at the time of the incident. On return,he found the door of the flat locked from inside. With help from neighbours, he broke down the door and found his wife hanging from the ceiling fan and his daughter suffocated to death in the bedroom.