Bollywood actress found hanging

[David Guyatt]

Please tell me she didn't have a segment of tangerine in her mouth!

4 June 2013 Last updated at 04:27 ET

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Bollywood actress Jiah Khan found dead in Mumbai

Jiah Khan made her Bollywood debut in 2007
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Bollywood actress Jiah Khan has been found dead at her apartment in the Indian city of Mumbai, police say.
Khan's mother found her body hanging at her home, police told the BBC.
A post-mortem examination is being 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 opposite Amitabh Bachchan, and went on to act with stars including Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar.
Jiah Khan was born in New York and grew up in London before moving to Mumbai for a career in Bollywood.
Her death caused shock within the film industry.
Fellow actress Dia Mirza said on Twitter: "RIP Nafisa (Jiah) Khan. You were too young and beautiful…"
Bachchan also took to Twitter to react on his colleague's death: "WHAT ...!!! Jiah Khan? What has happened? Is this correct? Unbelievable!!!"
Jiah Khan acted in Nishabd, starring Bachchan, and the psychological thriller, Ghajini, which had Aamir Khan in the lead role.
Her last film was in the 2010 comedy Housefull, in which she played a supporting role.
Jiah Khan's "official" website says she was born in New York and brought up in London. It says she went to New York to study acting.
She also featured in an advert for the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta).

[Lauren Johnson]

Please tell me she didn't have a segment of tangerine in her mouth!

OK, I'll bite. Tangerine?

[David Guyatt]

Please tell me she didn't have a segment of tangerine in her mouth!

OK, I'll bite. Tangerine?

It's a well known story of an MP, Steven Milligan, who was found hung to death wearing women's/bondage clothing with a segment of orange, satsuma or tangerine in his mouth. Reportedly it was an auto erotic act gone wrong and the orange was used to remove the bitter taste of amyl nitrate said to be used as a sexual stimulant.

But there was no evidence of him having taken amyl nitrate and the suspicion is that he was suicided at the behest of important people, possibly members of the security service.

Peter's Wikispooks has more HERE.