Vanita Sharma (Tunisha Sharma’s Mother)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vanita Sharma

• Vanita Sharma is the mother of Tunisha Sharma, an Indian television actor, who was found hanging to the ceiling of the bathroom of the makeup room of her ex-boyfriend, Sheezan Mohammed Khan, in a studio in Naigaon, Maharashtra in 2022.

• Reportedly, Tunisha and Sheezan started dating while working for a television series ‘Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul’ in 2022.

• According to Vanita, in nearly about three months of the relationship with Sheezan, Tunisha had changed a lot. Vanita, in an interview, revealed that Tunisha’s involvement with Sheezan and his family made her feel that she is somewhat losing her daughter.

• In an interview, Vanita claimed that Tunisha went against her many times when she was dating Sheezan. While recalling the time when Tunisha opposed her decision, in an interview, Vanita said that Tunisha once got a pet dog at home when Sheezan’s mother, Kehekshan Parveen, asked her to even though she knew that her mother, Vanita, does not like pets, especially dogs.

• According to Vanita, she does not like tattoos, and she never let her daughter, Tunisha, get one; however, Sheezan’s sister Falaq Naazz took Tunisha to the tattoo artist and got a tattoo of ‘Love Above Everything’ inked on her left forearm.

  

• Vanita, who claims that Sheezan used her daughter throughout the time they were in a relationship, talked to the media about Tunisha’s relationship with Sheezan’s family and said that Tunisha got so close to his family that she would call Sheezan’s mother ‘Ammi’ and his sister Falaq Naaz ‘Aapi.’

  

• According to Vanita, Sheezan’s family taught Tunisha Urdu and allegedly forced her to embrace Islam. ^[1]Hindustan Times Contrary to Vanita’s claim, Sheezan’s family confuted the allegations and said that they never forced Tunisha to do anything. ^[2]NDTV

• Reportedly, Sheezan and Tunisha’s relationship got estranged when Tunisha found out about Sheezan’s “secret” girlfriend after checking his phone. According to Vanita, Sheezan slapped Tunisha upon being confronted. While talking about this in an interview, Vanita said,
  

  Tunisha once checked his phone and found that he was cheating on her. On confronting Sheezan, he slapped her in his room at the set and said that she could do whatever she wanted. He even told her that he has no relation with her now (tumhe jo karna hai kar lo, mera tumse koi rishta nahi hai).” ^[3]The Indian Express

  As per some reports, Tunisha Sharma and Sheezan Khan parted ways in November 2022 but decided to continue together.

• According to Vanita Sharma, she talked to Sheezan after Tunisha found him cheating on her. On asking about his “secret” girlfriend and cheating on Tunisha, Sheezan said,
  

  I’m sorry aunty. I cannot do anything. Do whatever you want.” ^[4]The Indian Express

• On 24 December 2022, Tunisha Sharma, nearly two weeks after breaking up with Sheezan Mohammed Khan, committed suicide by hanging herself to the ceiling of the bathroom of the makeup room of her ex-boyfriend, Sheezan Khan, in a studio in Naigaon, Maharashtra. Her colleagues immediately took her to JJ Hospital in Mumbai, but she was declared ‘brought dead.’ Earlier on the same day, Tunisha shared her picture and video from the makeup room on social media.

  

• Reportedly, Vanita Sharma filed a police complaint against Sheezan Mohammed Khan for suicide abutment. ^[5]The Times of India

• On 25 December 2022, Sheezan was arrested by the Waliv police under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). ^[6]Hindustan Times

• A couple of days after Sheezan’s arrest, many people including the Bharatiya Janta Party MLA from Maharashtra Atul Bhatkhalkar and Tunisha’s uncle, Pawan Sharma, demanded a probe be conducted from a ‘love jihad’ angle into Tunisha Sharma’s suicide case. ^[7]News 18 Pawan Sharma talked about this in an interview and said,
  

  I believe that this is a matter of 100 percent love jihad. I want the police to investigate it in a special way, not only that the police should investigate this case separately. We do not know whether it is suicide or what else. We do not have any video recording.” ^[8]Hindustan News Hub

• Reportedly, Vanita Sharma and others feared Tunisha Sharma’s mysterious death to be a murder.