On his 28th birthday, Sooraj Pancholi breaks silence on Jiah Khan's death

Sooraj Pancholi may not have delivered a series of blockbusters in his 4 years of Bollywood career, but the controversies surrounding him over ex-girlfriend and B-town diva Jiah Khan's suicide were enough to make headlines. Pancholi, who had been in a relationship with Jiah for 9 months before her death, was accused of abetment of suicide. The Housefull actress, who found dead in her Juhu apartment on June 3, 2013, left a suicide note, blaming Sooraj for destroying her life. The trial in the case started on February 17.

Meanwhile, today, nearly 5 years after Jiah Khan's death, the Hero actor has broken his prolonged silence, sharing his thoughts on social media over the same. Interestingly, it was Sooraj's 28th birthday on Friday, 9 November, when the actor decided to speak his heart out.

Taking to Instagram Pancholi on Friday posted a picture of a hand holding candles while sharing his side of the story in the incident.

"Today I complete 28 years of my life. I want to take up this moment to share a few thoughts that have been in my heart for a while. I wanted to wait to speak out until the case ended, but it’s taken longer than expected. I don’t know where to start from. It is difficult to express some feelings when so many people, so many emotions are involved," the first part of his caption read.

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Sooraj, the son of famous actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab also thanked those people who stood by his side during his fight in the last six years. Check out his full post here:

On the professional front, Sooraj will be next seen with Isabella Kaif in Time To Dance. Co-produced by Bhushan Kumar and Remo D'Souza the movie also features Waluscha De Sousa in a key role.

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