Varanasi: Popular Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey was found hanging in her hotel room in Varanasi, where she was shooting for a film, on Sunday. She was 25.
“It was her first day on the sets of the new film Nayak. Today around 9 am when her makeup boy went to call her at her hotel, she was found dead in the room. She was shooting alongside Aklesh Verma,” ETimes quoted a source as saying.
While police have begun an investigation, prima facie it appears to be a case of suicide.
Hours before she allegedly took her life, Akanksha had shared a video, flaunting her belly dancing skills on the Bhojpuri song Hilore Mare.
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For the unversed, Akanksha made her debut with Meri Jung Mera Faisla. She also acted in Mujhse Shadi Karogi (Bhojpuri), Veeron Ke Veer, Fighter King, Kasam Paida Karne KI 2.