Tunisha Sharma spoke to a man named Ali on dating app before death: Sheezan Khan's lawyers to court

Sheezan Khan's lawyers told Vasai court that Tunisha Sharma spoke to a man, Ali, on a dating app before she died by suicide. Tunisha died by suicide on the sets of her television show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul at Palghar's Vasai on December 24.

Lawyers of Sheezan Khan, accused in the Tunisha Sharma death case, has said that the late actor was in contact with a man named Ali on a dating app. As per new reports, Tunisha was in Ali's company just a few days before her death. The hearing on the bail plea of Sheezan Khan, who is in judicial custody, was adjourned till January 11 by a court in Palghar on Monday.

Tunisha died by suicide on the sets of her television show.

Tunisha died by suicide on the sets of her television show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul at Palghar's Vasai on December 24. The duo was co-stars on the show. Sheezan was arrested on the abetment of suicide charge on December 25. They were in a relationship but parted ways a fortnite before Tunisha's death.

As per news agency PTI, Tunisha was with Ali between December 21-23 last year, Sheezan's lawyers told the court. On Monday, District and Additional Sessions Judge at Vasai RD Deshpande heard the arguments of both prosecution and defence and accepted the request for time put forward by Tunisha's counsel, and adjourned the hearing on the bail plea till January 11.

Sheezan's counsels, Shailendra Mishra and Sharad Rai, told the court that their client was innocent and was not connected to Tunisha's death. They also claimed that before her alleged suicide, she was on a video call for 15 minutes with Ali. Seeking a probe into this angle, the counsels also said no suicide note was found at the spot.