Mumbai, Jun 4 (Agencies) : The Mumbai Police is questioning Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi's son Suraj, who was said to be close to the late actor, in connection with her suicide, they said on Tuesday.

According to a senior police officer, Suraj was a close friend of Jiah and they had a telephonic conversation on Monday night before the actress allegedly hanged herself at her Juhu residence.

Police sources also said that Jiah and Suraj had exchanged SMSes last night wherein the actor asked him about his friendship with another woman to which he clarified that there was nothing as such and her suspicion was baseless.

According to Jiah's mother, the actress was depressed after having been rejected at an audition in Hyderabad. She wanted to pursue a career in interior designing as she wasn't happy with the way her film career graph was taking a plunge.

Jiah shot into the limelight in 2007 with her debut movie 'Nishabd' in which she starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan.

She got a Filmfare Best Debutant nomination for the Ram Gopal Varma movie in which she plays a teenager besotted with a man old enough to be her father.

Born and raised in London, Jiah, also known as Nafisa had shifted to India to pursue a career in acting. She worked in Aamir Khan’s ‘Ghajini’ and Akshay Kumar’s ‘Housefull’.

According to the police, Jiah ended her life at about 11 pm but did not leave any suicide note. Her mother Rabiya Amin, an actress in the 1980s was seen in the Tahir Hussain movie 'Dulha Bikta Hai'.

Here’s taking a look at Jiah’s last tweet dated 24 May:

“So sorry I have been off twitter! Took a bit of a break from twitter verse.. sometimes u need a sabbatical to recollect ur thoughts (sic).”