On Tuesday evening, on an impulse, Zarina Wahab decided to pay an unannounced visit to the late Jiah Khan’s mother, Rabiya Khan. It was the first time that the two mothers came face-to-face. The meeting didn’t go too well.
A friend of the Pancholis says, “Rabiya made it very clear she wasn’t really interested in meeting Zarina. Mrs Khan had a foreigner friend named Tom with her all through the meeting.” Adds the source, “Zarina said she had just come to pay a courtesy visit as one troubled mother to another. However, Rabiya was curt and in a hurry to end the meeting.
She threw a lot of accusations at Zarina saying that Suraj ill-treated her ‘phool si bachchi’. Mrs Khan also warned Zarina that she had CCTV footage of Suraj being unkind to Jiah. Zarina left soon after.”
Zarina confirms the meeting, “But it was not to pacify her or to work out any compromise in my son’s favour. If he has done any wrong let him suffer the consequences. I went just as one mother reaching out to another. Rabiyaji was in no mood for any conversation with me.”
Says Zarina, “When Rabiyaji says my son Suraj was not the right person for her daughter, I completely agree with her. Jiah needed someone much more mature and experienced to take care of her. My son is just starting out. Jiah is supposed to have said in the letter that my son never loved her the way she did. I completely agree with that. Jiah was too much in love with my son. He just couldn’t reciprocate in the same measure. But he cared deeply for her in his own way.”
Zarina reveals that on May 18 Jiah landed up at the Pancholis’ doorstep in an emotionally disturbed condition. “She told us she had quarrelled with her mother. She was very upset. Suraj sat her down. He had a doctor’s appointment. So he told others in the house not to leave her alone for a single moment. Suraj knew she could harm herself.”
Zarina also refutes Rabiya’s claims that Suraj sent a “breakup bouquet” to Jiah on the ill-fated Monday, when she passed away. “That is nonsense. What is a breakup bouquet?
Jiah told Suraj that she had signed three new films. Suraj told his assistant to order a bouquet and the card read, ‘All The Best’. I know because I found out. Suraj did not meet Jiah that Monday at all. So how could he have hit her? In fact, my son never raised his hand on Jiah or any women. I would disown him if he did. Her mother claims she has CCTV footage of my son visiting Jiah on Monday. Either she is hallucinating or lying. My son did not meet Jiah on the day she died.”
