Vijay Varma requests media to give privacy to Malaika Arora and family after Anil Mehta's death: 'Thoda toh...'

Malaika Arora and her family are going through a bad phase after her father, Anil Mehta lost his life on September 11. After Varun Dhawan, Vijay Verma requested the media to respect the privacy of the grieving family and leave them alone for some time. On Friday, Vijay took his thoughts to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "Please leave the grieving family alone... it’s not easy anyway for them. Thoda toh grace rakho media walon (Have some grace media people) (folding hands emoji)."

Here's Vijay Verma's tweet

Before him, Varun Dhawan made a similar request and he even criticised the media for crossing their limits to get visuals of grieving friends and family members. On his Instagram stories, Varun wrote, "It is the most insensitive thing to point cameras in the face of people who are grieving please think what you people are doing or what someone is going through when u do this. I understand it is work but sometimes another human might not be Okay with this #humanity"

Latest update about Anil Mehta's suicide case

Bollywood actor Malaika Arora's father, Anil Mehta, died allegedly by suicide by jumping off the terrace of his Mumbai residence, the police said on Wednesday, September 11. The Mumbai Police have now recorded the statements of Malaika Arora, her sister Amrita Arora, and their mother. According to the police, Anil Mehta had called both of his daughters before turning off his phone. In their statements, Malaika and Amrita said that their father had told them, "I am sick and tired." The family tried to reach out to him after the call, but Anil had already switched off his phone.

The police further revealed that Anil Mehta jumped from the balcony of a building, which caused fractures in his right leg. The postmortem report confirmed that his death was due to "multiple injuries."

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