*MUMBAI: Bollywood’s first female superstar Sridevi, who had a fascinatingcareer spanning over four decades, is with us no more. The star breathedher last in the bathroom of her hotel room in Dubai, with the autopsyreport citing ‘accidental drowning’ as the cause of death.*
But recently according to reports an ex-cop named Ved Bhushan has claimedthat he wasn’t allowed to have a look at Sridevi’s hotel room but enactedher death scene in the adjacent room and the accidental drowning didn’tmake sense to him in those circumstances.
Ved also reportedly claimed that it’s very easy to put someone in bathtubforcefully until the victim stops breathing without leaving any evidence ofthe crime.
The ex-police officer has suspicions that her death by drowning in abathtub could be a murder.
Supreme Court of India had recently rejected a plea by filmmaker SunilSingh requesting an investigation into the mysterious death of Sridevi.
At the Cannes Film Festival 2018, she received special recognition for hercontribution to Indian cinema. Sridevi received a special salute at TitanReginald F. Lewis Film Honours and a special visual footage was screened inher honor in the presence of filmmakers from across the world.