Varsha Bhosle
Mateen Hafeez TNN
The mystery surrounding the pistol with which 56-year-old Varsha Bhosle shot herself in the head seemed to be lifting on Tuesday, with singer Asha Bhosle saying she had lost a gun 30 years ago and she thinks it might be the weapon her daughter used.
In her statement recorded on Tuesday, a sobbing Asha said: “I had lost my gun 30 years ago. I think it is the same gun.” Earlier,
investigators found that two licenced firearms were issued to Varsha’s
maternal uncle and his younger brother, Anand, but the one she used did
not belong to them. No firearm was ever issued to Varsha.
“Her
brother Anand has a licenced .45 pistol while Varsha’s maternal uncle,
Hridayanath Mangeshkar, has a.32 pistol. However, Varsha had used a
Belgium-made Browning pistol, which is different from the two issued to
her family
members,” said a senior police officer. The police on Tuesday recorded
the statements of Asha Bhosle, Varsha’s cousin Rachna Shah and her aunt
Usha Mangeshkar. “Asha kept crying all through the recording of the
statement,” said a source. A bullet had pierced Varsha’s skull and
excessive loss of blood was the main cause of her death, the post-mortem
report said. A policeman on the case said it seemed Varsha had been
watching television on Sunday night and had pushed the pause button on
the remote.
According to that, the suicide might have taken place
somewhere between 12m and 1am. The family driver Vijay Nakashe had
stumbled on Varsha’s body on a blood-soaked sofa in the drawing room of
Asha’s first-floor Prabhu Kunj apartment on Monday morning. He had
entered through the adjoining flat of singer Lata Mangeshkar when knocks
on Asha’s flat went unanswered.
The Times of India, October 10, 2012
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