Who was Anil Mehta, Malaika Arora's father who died by suicide? Merchant Navy officer from border town, lived in...

Tragic news came out of Mumbai on Wednesday morning as actresses Malaika Arora and Amrita Arora’s fatherAnil Mehta passed away. As per Mumbai Police, Mehta died by suicide, reportedly jumping off the terrace of his midrise apartment in Bandra. The news has shaken Bollywood even as no cause or suicide note has been discovered so far.

Who was Anil Mehta?

Little is known about Anil Mehta’s early life. He was born sometime in 1962 in the border town of Fazilka in Punjab. A Punjabi by ethnicity, Mehta grew up in Fazilka before eventually moving out of the town in his 20s. He worked in the Merchant Navy for the next several years, a job that took him around the world. In the early 80s, he married Joyce Polycarp, a Malayali Catholic woman. Malaika and Amita are Joyce's daughters from her first marriage and Anil adopted them as their stepfather.

Anil Mehta's hospitalisation in 2023

While Anil Mehta largely kept a low profile, last year, he made the news when he was hospitalised in Mumbai. While the Arora family did not speak about the cause of his illness, he was hospitalised for a couple of days before being discharged.

Anil Mehta's suicide

On Wednesday, Mumbai Police issued a statement that Mumbai Police has said that Mehta died by suicide by jumping off a terrace of a Bandra building, adding that a police team is present at the spot. The police added that investigation is underway but there is no information about the cause of the suicide. As per reports, no suicide not has been found yet. Malaika’s ex husband Arbaaz Khan was spotted outside her house some time later.

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