Bollywood actress Jiah Khan found dead in her apartment

Bollywood actress Jiah Khan was found hanging at her apartment in the Indian city of Mumbai, by her mother around 22.45 India time, police say no suicide note was found on her.

A post-mortem examination is to be carried out to establish the cause of death and police say they are seeking information from her neighbours.

The 25-year-old actress made her debut in 2007 with Amitabh Bachchan. She also acted with Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar.

Her death caused shock within the film industry.
"Never ever seen a debutant actress with more spunk and more spirit than Jiah when I was directing her in Nishabd," filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma wrote on Twitter.

Bachchan also took to Twitter to react on his colleague's death: "WHAT ...!!! Jiah Khan? What has happened? Is this correct? Unbelievable!!!"

Actress Dia Mirza wrote: "RIP Nafisa (Jiah) Khan. You were too young and beautiful…"

R.I.P