Rahul Arunoday Banerjee's Wife Priyanka Sarkar Joins Protest Demanding Justice; FIR Filed Against Producers Of TV Show

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week after the drowning death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, his wife Priyanka Sarkar and other members of the West Bengal Motion Pictures Artists' Forum marched to demand justice for the late actor on Saturday, April 4. Rahul died in a drowning incident in Talsari, Odisha, on the sets of his Star Jalsha show Bholebaba Paar Karega. The forum members also called for a fair and transparent probe into Rahul's death. The 43-year-old actor was taken to Digha Hospital, but he was declared dead before he could receive medical attention. A First Information Report (FIR) has also been filed against the producers of the show.

Priyanka Sarkar joins protest with West Bengal Motion Pictures Artists' Forum

The West Bengal Motion Pictures Artists' Forum held a march to look into Rahul Arunoday Banerjee's death. In Kolkata, the forum members, who were joined by Rahul's wife Priyanka Sarkar, walked from Technicians' Studio to Radha Studio with signs that said 'Justice for Rahul.' Key members of the Bengali film fraternity, including filmmakers Aparna Sen, Anjan Dutt, Srijit Mukherjee, Kaushik Ganguly, and actors Parambrata Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Riddhi Sen, and Kaushik Sen, were seen among the protestors. They demanded justice for Rahul's untimely death.

A press meet was held outside the Regent Park police station with actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Santilal Mukherjee, and Rituparna Sengupta at the briefing. An FIR was filed against the production house Magic Moments as they have not addressed any of the questions asked to them in Rahul's shocking death. The forum had written to the producers on April 1 and hadn't received any satisfactory answers in the matter in their response a day later. According to a report in the Press Trust of India (PTI), the forum asked for "real truth and exact circumstances behind the incident to come to light." Rahul's wife, Priyanka, did not speak to the media.

More about Rahul Arunoday Bannerjee

The late actor was well-known on TV, in films and the stage in West Bengal. His breakthrough role came in the 2008 film Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, where he met Priyanka; they married in 2010. After gaining fame with the 2008 film, he went on to star in films such as Jackpot, Love Circus, Shono Mon Boli Tomay, Na Hannyate, and Kagojer Bou. He also starred in TV shows like Geeta LLB, Horogouri Pice Hotel, Sahaj Katha, and Tumi Ashbe Bole. He is survived by Priyanka and their young son Shohoj.