Model-actress Bidushi Dash Barde's biography | Bidushi founded murdered in apartment in Andheri west , Mumbai dated 24.10.2012
A23-year-old model and actor was found murdered in her ground-floor apartment in Andheri West on Monday. Bidushi Dash Barde, a former beauty queen from Chennai, was alone at home through the
day and did not answer any of his calls, her husband Kedar Barde said. Kedar found her blool-spattered body when he returned from work.
The D N Nagar police initially registered a case of accidental death. But based on the nature of injuries as per Bidushi’s postmortem and the eyewitness account of a resident of the society, Four Bungalows, the police converted the case to that of murder on Tuesday.
Bidushi, who had acted in Tamil films and was modelling in Mumbai, fell in love with Kedar, a software engineer, and married him in 2009. They had moved into the flat 18 months ago. Exact cause of Bidushi’s death still unknown
Mumbai: Bidushi Dash Barde, a former beauty queen from Chennai, was alone at home through the day and did not answer any his calls, her husband Kedar Barde said. Kedar found her blool-spattered body when he returned from work. Kedar, 26, works with a Nariman Pointbased firm.
Around 7.45am on Monday, Kedar left for work. At that time, Bidushi was alone at home. He called her at 9.30am but there was no response. Throughout the day, Kedar called Bidushi several times but she did not answer the phone. Their domestic help, too, knocked on the door to the apartment but got no response. Around 9.30pm, Kedar returned home from work. He opened the door with his set of keys when Bidushi did not respond to the doorbell. “Kedar noticed that the lights were switched off but the television set was on. He then came across Bidushi’s blood-splattered body in the passage between the bathroom and the bedroom. A glass shelf was lying broken near her and glass shards were found protruding from Bidushi’s cheek, jaw, neck and chin. There were also fingernail marks on her face as well as head injuries,” police said.
While the police confirmed that a sharp weapon was used for the offence, the exact cause of death can be ascertained only after a chemical analysis at the state forensic science laboratory.
With the help of his landlord, Dr Shinde, Kedar took Bidushi to the Kokilaben Ambani Hospital at Andheri, where doctors declared her dead,” a police official said. Kedar then went to the D N Nagar police station. He told the cops that Bidushi was diabetic and often complained of feeling dizzy. He told the police that she must have fallen on the shelf, causing the injuries and loss of blood leading to her death. Based on Kedar’s statement late on Monday, the police then registered a case of accidental death.
The society watchman told the police that a man had come to Bidushi’s flat around 2.15pm, but left when she did not open the door. The visitor had scribbled his name in the register.
Shantanu Dash, Bidushi’s father, told TOI that there was foul play in the case. A warrant officer with the Indian Air Force and based in Chennai, Dash said, “Initially I thought that my daughter had died accidentally. But now I’m certain she was murdered in cold blood. The police have been very supportive. Bidhushi was very happy in Mumbai and was doing well in her career. She did not have fights with anyone,” he said.
The Dash family said that Bidushi won the Ms Chennai contest in 2006 and was very happy with Kedar. The family belongs to Orissa. Dash said he wouldn’t give a clean chit to the security guard as he hadn’t bothered to take down the visitor’s detailed address or phone number. “A female resident of the building has told us that she clearly saw a visitor at Bidushi’s door. Based on her statement and the nature of injuries sustained by Bidushi, we have registered a case of murder on Tuesday,” said additional commissioner Vishwas Nangre-Patil. Forensic experts have told the police that Bidushi might have died around noon. The police are in the process of collecting CCTV footage from the building management.
