'I need to breathe': Sooraj Pancholi leaves Instagram, deletes all but one post

Mumbai | Jagran Entertainment Desk: Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi on Friday announced that he has decided to leave Instagram, following a backlash from fans for his alleged links to the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput and his former manager Disha Salian. 

Pancholi, 29, on Friday took Instagram and said that he has decided to leave the photo-posting app, noting that he is "suffocated" and he "need a breathe". He also deleted all his posts on Instagram, except one which is a photo he shared on his 28th birthday in 2018.  

 

 

 

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Today I complete 28 years of my life. I want to take up this moment to share a few thoughts that have been in my heart for a while. I wanted to wait to speak out until the case ended, but it’s taken longer than expected. I don’t know where to start from. It is difficult to express some feelings when so many people, so many emotions are involved. First, I want to thank those who have stood by me like a pillar of strength. It has been a long journey that started when I was still trying to understand life. I have been fighting the case in court for the last 6 years, with patience and respect, waiting for the trial to be completed. In this process I have been called a murderer, a criminal, an abuser and so much worse. I read these things about me almost every single day. And my heartfelt effort has always been to be strong, respectful and ignore it. But they still fill my and my loved ones’ heart with so much sadness. I don’t blame the people who call me names, because that’s how i have been portrayed in public, but i’m not the monster that has been portrayed in headlines. I know how easy it is to think the worst of someone and accuse them but it is exceptionally hard to prove myself innocent as there’s a procedure that we need to follow. A procedure that has taken long enough that i have been made to feel guilty without even being given a fair chance to prove my innocence. There have been accusations and assumptions but there has been no validation. But, this is not about what others say. This is about how I feel. For as long as I can remember, my dream has always been to make my parents proud. I have always tried to be a good son to them. In the last 6 years, I’ve tried harder everyday to achieve this dream and to be positive. So today, I am praying with my heart that our family can move forward, that the trial can come to a fair end and that I can give back all the love, support and strength I have received from so many of you. Thank you to all of you who constantly send positivity my way. You may not know it, but every single one of your prayers has helped.

A post shared by Sooraj Pancholi (@soorajpancholi) onNov 9, 2018 at 1:27am PST

"See you Instagram! Hopefully will see you someday when the world is a better place. I need to breathe #Suffocated," he said in a story on Instagram.

Pancholi has been at the receiving end of the fans since the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput and his former manager Disha Salian. However, the actor has dismissed all allegations of him being linked to Sushant and Disha's death. He, recently, had also filed an FIR at the Versova police station in Mumbai alleging harassment by those who are linking him with the deaths of Sushant and Disha.

Sooraj has also dismissed reports that he knew Disha and slammed media reports for spreading fake news. "One foolish guy posted and all this major media picked it up and made it into an issue. This is not fair. Everyone has to be responsible, we had to go through so much pain," Sooraj's father had tol AajTak in an interview.

"I am not on social media but they are trolling Sooraj that he is a ‘murderer’. This is the reason he had to turn his comments off. What is this?," he noted.

Meanwhile, Sooraj recently also joined the list of people demanding a CBI probe in Sushant's death and said his "family deserved to know what actually happened with the actor". "I really pray and hopt that Sushants family get the closure they need! They really deserve a proper CBI investigation, it has been a long battle for them already! They need to know what actually happened and the world needs to know too," Pancholi said.