Anil Mehta jumped from the balcony of his home in Mumbai’s Bandra, according to Mumbai Police. However, the family has yet to release a statement on the tragic incident. Malaika’s ex-husband Arbaaz Khan rushed to Malaika’s parents’ home to be by her and her family’s side, India media reported.

Sources claimed Malaika’s mother, Joyce, in her statement to the police, said that Anil Mehta would routinely sit on the balcony and read the newspapers every morning. She told the police that they were divorced, but had started living together again for the past few years. She told the police that on Wednesday morning, when she saw her ex-husband’s slippers in the living room, she went to look for him on the balcony, according to News18.

When she could not find him there, she leaned over and saw below. The building watchman was shouting for help. Joyce also told the police that Anil Mehta was not suffering from any illness. He only had some knee pain.

“Anil used to live on the sixth floor. We are carrying out a detailed investigation from all angles… our forensic teams are here for investigation. His body is being sent for postmortem. We are investigating everything… prima facie it looks like suicide, we are conducting further investigation,” the police said while talking to reporters, gathered outside their residence.