Balasore: The Odisha police have registered an FIR over the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who allegedly drowned during a shoot of a Bengali television serial at Talsari beach in Balasore district, officials said Sunday.
Banerjee, 43, drowned during a TV serial shooting at Talsari beach in Odisha March 29 by accidentally slipping into seawater. He was declared dead by a doctor at a Digha hospital, where he was taken by his associates, the police said.
An FIR was registered at Talasari Marine police station on Saturday night after receiving a complaint from the actor’s wife, a police officer said Sunday.
The police officer said they will investigate from all angles, including if any criminal conspiracy to the incident and evidence will be collected before coming to a definite conclusion.
Banerjee rose to fame with the 2008 Bengali film ‘Chirodini Tumi Je Amar’, directed by Raj Chakraborty, which starred him opposite Priyanka Sarkar and became a major hit.
Banerjee, who had started his career in early 2000, acted in several critically acclaimed Bengali films and TV soaps after the blockbuster success of Chirodini in 2008 and also started hosting a podcast which gained popularity.
The West Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum Saturday had lodged a complaint at the Regent Park police station in Kolkata against the producers in connection with the incident.
Kolkata Police said the complaint was treated as a ‘Zero FIR’ against the serial’s producers, accusing them of conducting the shoot in a negligent manner that endangered human lives.
