PATNA, Dec. 2 -- The Bhagalpur police on the basis of viscera report has claimed that the mysterious suicide of Bhojpuri actress Amrita Pandey alias Annapurna was as a result of "shock and respiratory asphyxia" caused by "strangulation" and there was no "common poison" found in the body.

Now, the police is trying to unlock the iPhone of the actress as her last communications and possible evidence stored in the phone can unravel the mystery behind her death.

Amrita's body was recovered from a flat of Divya Dham Apartment under the limits of Jogasar police station area of Bhagalpur on April 27, 2024. The post-mortem report that was released in September this year had already pointed to the "strangulation". Based on this report, the police...