Balasore (Odisha), April 5 The Odisha police have registered an FIR regarding the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who allegedly drowned during the filming of a Bengali television serial at Talsari beach in the Balasore district, officials said on Sunday.
Banerjee, 43, drowned on March 29 while filming a TV serial at Talsari beach in Odisha due to accidentally falling into the sea. He was declared dead by a doctor at a Digha hospital, where he was taken by his associates, the police said.
An FIR was registered at the Talasari Marine police station on Saturday night after receiving a complaint from the actor's wife, a police officer said on Sunday.
The police officer said they will investigate from all angles, including if there was any criminal conspiracy to the incident, and will collect evidence before reaching a definite conclusion.
Banerjee gained fame with the 2008 Bengali film 'Chirodini Tumi Je Amar', directed by Raj Chakraborty, in which he starred alongside Priyanka Sarkar, and which became a major hit.
Banerjee, who had started his career in the early 2000s, acted in several critically acclaimed Bengali films and TV soaps after the success of 'Chirodini' in 2008, and also started hosting a podcast which gained popularity.
The West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum had lodged a complaint at the Regent Park police station in Kolkata on Saturday against the producers in connection with the incident.
The Kolkata Police said the complaint was treated as a 'Zero FIR' against the serial's producers, accusing them of conducting the shoot in a "negligent manner" that endangered human lives.