Sooraj Pancholi Opens Up About His Relationship With Jiah Khan Post Acquittal: My Love For Her Wasn’t Enough

Sooraj Pancholi is a free man now and he couldn't be anymore happier. After being the alleged main accused in Jiah Khan's death case for almost a decade, the Hero actor has been acquitted in the case by the special CBI court. The verdict, undoubtedly, came as a massive relief for Sooraj Pancholi.

And now, in his first interview post acquittal, Sooraj remembered Jiah and opened up about her troubled life. Talking to the Bombay Times, Sooraj called the late actress a beautiful girl and a wonderful person who just needed love in life. He recalled how they became friends a year after he had sent a request to her on Facebook.

"I was in a relationship with Jiah for only five months and I didn't know the magnitude of what she was going through. She needed love not from her boyfriend, but her family too," he added. Sooraj further stated that Jiah had a lot of pressure to support her family and wasn't getting the kind of work that could help her with the same. He also emphasised that he was in a relationship with Jiah for five months and though he didn't understand the gravity of the situation back then at the age of 20, he did inform Jiah's mother Rabia Khan about the late actress' depression.

However, Sooraj claimed that Rabia didn't show up for months despite informing her about how Jiah tried to slit her hand. "I was there for her and during that time, we fell in love. She was a wonderful person but my love for her wasn't enough. She needed familial love," Sooraj was quoted as saying.

This isn't all. The actor also reacted to Rabia's claims of calling Jiah's demise a murder and said, "This is no longer about justice but harassment. I just want her to leave me alone. There is no revenge to take from me. I have done nothing wrong. The mother just wants to take the guilt off her shoulders and put it on someone else".