Rahul Navlani threatened to make public Vaishali Thakkar’s intimate videos and photos, was forcing her for marriage: Priya Soni

MUMBAI: According to actor Priya Soni, Tv actor Vaishali Thakkar who was known to her, was going through depression after her relationship and engagement with Kenya-based surgeon Dr Abhinandan Singh broke up. She was suicidal, had attempted suicide on at least one earlier occasion and had stopped eating properly.

To add to her problems, she was harassed by her neighbour who wanted to marry her in spite of being married himself. Vaishali was engaged to the Kenya-based surgeon Dr Abhinandan Singh and had also posted on social media about her upcoming marriage. But without any explanation, she deleted those posts, indicating that all was not well with her relationship with Dr Singh. Apparently, she did not want to leave India and wanted to continue with her social work and this was the main reason which caused friction in her relationship with Dr Singh, reveals Priya Soni who knew Thakkar for the last five to six years. ALSO READ: Why did Vaishali Thakkar commit suicide? Cause of death of Vaishali Thakkar? Priya Soni reveals the real reason for Vaishali Thakkar’s suicide

The sudden death of the 30-year-old Sasural Simar Ka and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actor Vaishali Thakkar sent shock waves across the country but according to Priya, she suffered in silence for long after her personal life went downhill.

Speaking about her association with Thakkar, Priya Soni said, “In all honesty, I can’t say we were friends, we were acquaintances and knew each other. Our paths crossed many times and we occasionally kept in touch, each of us being busy with our own lives. But I knew all along she was going through a breakup and other relationship problems and also battling chronic depression but was quite secretive about her personal life, particularly her relationship with that married guy. She was depressed and I tried to speak to her a couple of times, but she wasn’t ready to open up or share her problems with me, so I left it at that,” said Priya.

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Earlier she was in a relationship with another man, her married neighbour businessman Rahul Navlani, who was harassing and threatening her after she broke off the relationship with him. Apparently Rahul wanted her to marry him and he was forcing her for marriage, Priya revealed.

According to Priya, Rahul had with him some personal and intimate videos and photos of both of them together and he was threatening her to release them in the public domain if she did not marry him. He constantly kept harassing and threatening her that he would make the intimate and personal videos and photographs public if she didn’t marry him or got married to someone else.

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Frustrated with these constant threats and blackmail, Vaishali decided to end her life and committed suicide on Sunday morning.

Vaishali was part of Tv shows such as Sasural Simar Ka, Manmohini, Super sisters, Vish Aur Amrit and Yeh Vaada Raha and was an active social worker. She had helped hundreds of Covid patients during the pandemic and was a Covid warrior who went out of her way to help patients. For the latest updates on this story and the Vaishali Thakkar suicide investigation CLICK HERE