mumbai actorproducer rahul raj singh had allegedly forbidden a common friend from visiting his flat early on april 1 though his fiancee pratyusha banerjee had called up the friend for help pratyusha who told the friend that she wanted to get out of the relationship with rahul was later found hanging in the flat the same day the friend leena dias could finally record her statement with the bangur nagar police on tuesday after being asked by the cops to come back later on several occasions around 3am on april 1 pratyusha had called me up she was in tears and told me that she couldnt stay like this any more pratyusha said she wanted to get out of the relationship i tried to calm her down and said i would visit her dias told toi just before leaving my place i called up pratyusha again but this time rahul answered the phone he told me that there was no need for me to come and that he would handle things i regret not going over and talking to pratyusha i could have helped her change her mind and not take such a drastic step dias said a wedding planner dias was rahuls friend and was introduced to pratyusha through him they fought frequently and the fights were always about rahuls exgirlfriend i have seen rahul hitting pratyusha but she was in love with him and wasnt willing to listen to anyone who spoke against him dias said adding that the couple would drink and party everyday and she had reduced hanging out with them on thursday the bombay high court will hear pratyushas mothers plea to transfer the probe to the mumbai crime branch reports of pratyushas pregnancy and subsequent abortion have rattled her friends pratyushas dream was to get married and have a baby i used to chide her as she was too young to have a baby and told her to continue working even if she decided to marry but pratyusha told me that she wanted to be a homemaker for a few years at least and take a break from tv to be at home with her family she could never have agreed to abort the baby said dias police told me that the time of her death was 530pm on april 1 if rahuls claim that he found her hanging at 5pm are true then she could have been saved had he rushed her to a hospital close to their goregaon home instead he chose to take her to a hospital in andheri wasting time dias added meanwhile rahuls father harshvardhan singh said on wednesday that the couple were consenting adults and had no reason to tell their families about their decision to abort we were not aware of the pregnancy and rahul has still not told us about it it is a private matter between them and maligning the reputation of a dead girl should stop what could rahul have gained from pratyushas death