BONEY KAPOOR: “I WENT TO THE LIVING ROOM, SRIDEVI WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND..”

“On 24th (February 24) morning, I spoke to her. When she told me, 'Papa (that's how she addressed Boney), I'm missing you', I also told her that I was missing her a lot. But I didn't tell her that I would be joining her in Dubai in the evening. Janhvi had seconded my idea of going to Dubai because she was scared, her mom, not used to being alone, would misplace her passport or some important document if she was alone. I went to the living room while Sridevi went to the master bathroom to bathe and get ready.”

And post this event, Boney Kapoor who was watching the South Africa vs India match could not get a response from his wife, inspite of his loud shouts of her name 20 minutes later.

The trade analyst who got to talk to Boney Kapoor on this detailed set of events from that night has written, “Boney's impatience made him shout out to Sridevi from the living room itself. After calling out to her twice, Boney lowered the volume of the TV set. Still no reply. He then walked to the bedroom and knocked at the bathroom door and even called out to her. The unsuspecting husband, hearing the tap inside on, then called out 'Jaan, Jaan' still louder but got no reply, which was unusual. He panicked and opened the door which had not been bolted from inside, nervous but yet not at all prepared for what he was going to see. The tub was full of water and Sridevi was immersed completely, from head to toe, inside the tub. Devastated, he reached out to her but watching her motionless, he feared the worst.

Sridevi had drowned! Boney's world had come crashing down. Whether she first drowned and then became unconscious, or she first fell asleep or unconscious and then drowned, nobody will, perhaps ever know. But she probably never got a chance to even struggle for a minute because had she moved her arms and legs in panic while drowning, there would be some water spilling out of the tub. But there wasn't a drop of water on the floor outside the tub area.

The mystery will remain unsolved."

*Article based on reports from Bollywood media