Guwahati (Assam), June 10: Actor Noor Malabika Das was found dead in her Mumbai flat, police said on Monday. As per news agency ANI, they suspect she died by suicide. A former air hostess, the actor was seen with Kajol in the 2023 legal drama, The Trial. The actor was reportedly 31, and hailed from Assam.
Das, a former air hostess with Qatar Airways, was from Assam and lived in Mumbai’s Lokhandwala. She was the co-star of Kajol in the 2023 legal drama ‘The Trial’.
ANI reported Noor Malabika Das’ neighbours had informed police after they noticed a foul smell coming from her flat, and her body was ‘recovered in a decomposed condition’ from her flat in Lokhandwala.
ANI tweeted on Monday, “The body of actress Noor Malabika Das was recovered in a decomposed condition in her house in Andheri, Oshiwara area. Noor Malabika Das died by suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of the house, when the people in the neighbourhood complained of a foul smell coming from the house, they informed the police,The police reached the spot and took the body for postmortem: Mumbai Police.”
It is believed that Noor Malabika Das died by suicide at her flat in Mumbai’s Lokhandwala area on June 6. She was 31. The news of actor Noor Malabika Das, who was last seen with Kajol in the 2023 legal drama, The Trial, dying by suicide has sent shockwaves in the entertainment industry.
The cops broke open the door and found the 31-year-old actor’s body in a decomposed state.
They have collected samples, including medicines and mobile phones, from her home as part of the probe. But no suicide note was recovered from her flat, an official said, adding that an accidental death report (ADR) has been filed. An autopsy has also been conducted.
Malabika’s parents had visited her and recently returned to Assam. Since they couldn’t travel to Mumbai again, her friend and actor Aloknath Pathak cremated her body with the help of an NGO.
Meanwhile, All Indian Cine Workers Association has called on Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis to conduct a thorough probe into the alleged suicide.
With ANI inputs
