Actor Sheezan Khan’s lawyers claimed that Tunisha Sharma was dating another man and added that their client was not responsible for her death. Advocates Shailendra Mishra and Sharad Rai, representing Khan who has been accused of abetting the suicide of Sharma, told the Vasai court on Monday that Sharma had allegedly spoken to the other man, identified as Ali, before she  took her own life on December 24.

Waliv police will now verify the claims and interrogate Ali. During the bail hearing, the lawyers further told the court that Sharma had allegedly met Ali, a gym instructor from Mira Road, on a dating application and that she was with him in the days before the incident.