The police said he appears to have had a fall in the house late on Friday night, which resulted in severe injury to his head. Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta , 59, was found dead in his house in Versova on Saturday morning. His wife and two children found him lying in a pool of blood when they woke up in the morning and took him to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
The police said the CCTV footage of the house shows that around 2.00 am. Gupta, who was sitting in the drawing room, went to the kitchen and later lost his balance and fell against the wall. “We visited the house; there are CCTV cameras in the house and separate bedrooms for each one of them. “His head hit the corner of the wall between the kitchen and the drawing room. He fell down; a dog was also seen nearby him. The body has been sent to a Government hospital for post-mortem. The family has spoken to the police, and they have no suspicion against anyone. A forensic team has also reached the spot, police informed.
He stayed in a building at J P Road in Versova,” said a police officer. However, as his wife, son and daughter were asleep in their bedrooms, they didn’t come to know about it,” said the police officer from Versova police station. “Also, it is clearly seen on the cameras that he lost his balance and fell,” said the police officer.
About Sanjay Gupta’s life and career
Sanjay Gupta, best known for crime thrillers like Kaante, starring Amitabh Bachchan , Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty, and Zinda, in which John Abraham teamed up with Sanjay Dutt. Sanjay Gupta also produced successful films such as Shootout at Lokhandwala. He is survived by his wife and two children.
The 2017 hit Kaabil, starring Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam, was his most successful film at the box office.
