Sanjay Singh (Bhojpuri)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sanjay Singh

• Sanjay Singh is an Indian film producer. Following Bhojpuri actress and model Akanksha Dubey‘s alleged suicide in March 2023, Sanjay Singh and his brother Samar Singh were accused by Akanksha’s mother, Madhu Dubey, of inciting Akanksha to commit suicide.

• He grew up in a family of teachers in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

• He is the director of Samar Film Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, and he opened its head office in Lucknow in 2021.

• He often shares anti-BJP posts on social media. In one such post, he took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the tri-colour was disrespected in his presence when the BJP’s flag was put over the tri-colour. 

• On 26 March 2023, Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey committed suicide at a hotel in Banaras. The actress hanged herself in one of the rooms of Hotel Sarnath. Reportedly, Akanksha Dubey was the girlfriend of his brother Samar Singh. Later, Sanjay Singh hit the headlines when Akanksha’s mother, Madhu Dubey, claimed that Samar and Sanjay were responsible for her daughter’s death.

• Akanksha Dubey was seen crying in an Instagram feed the late night before she committed suicide.

• According to Akanksha Dubey’s mother, Madhu Dubey, Samar Singh and Sanjay Singh made Akanksha work for them for three years without paying her. In an interview, Akanksha’s mother revealed that Sanjay Singh once threatened Akanksha to kill her which Akanksha had later told her.