Akansha’s mother, kin demand immediate arrest of Bhojpuri singer Samar Singh

Bhojpuri actress Akansha Dubey’s mother Madhu Dubey and her kin staged demonstration at Sarnath Police station here on Friday demanding the arrest of Bhojpuri singer Samar Singh in connection with the death of her daughter.

Dubey and her kin shouted slogans against the police for the delay in arrest of Samar Singh. She alleged that Samar was responsible for the death of her daughter and he should be arrested at the earliest.

Dubey ended her protest after assistant police commissioner Gyan Prakash Rai assured her that Samar Singh would be arrested within 24 hours.

Bhojpuri singer Samar Singh and his brother were booked on March 27 for allegedly abetting the suicide of actress Akanksha Dubey, who was found dead at a hotel room in Varanasi’s Sarnath area a day earlier.

“An FIR was registered against Samar and his brother Sanjay for abetment to suicide (306) and other relevant sections of the IPC,” Sarnath SHO Dharmapal Singh said.

The FIR was based on a complaint lodged by the deceased’s mother, Madhu Dubey, who arrived from Mumbai on Monday morning.

“My daughter was very brave. She cannot commit suicide. I spoke to her on Saturday evening,” Madhu said, but added that her 25-year-old daughter didn’t respond when she called her again around midnight.

Akanksha and Samar have worked together in several Bhojpuri music albums.

According to the police, Madhu, in her complaint, alleged that Samar, who hails from Azamgarh, physically assaulted Akanksha on multiple occasions, and wanted her to work only with him. He didn’t even pay Akansha her dues for the collaborations, she said, adding that Akanksha spoke to her about these issues on March 21. On that day, she was shooting for a film project in Basti. Samar’s brother Sanjay, on the other hand, had threatened Akanksha, she alleged.