"Vikas Gupta is just making use of the situation": Pratyusha Banerjee's ex-boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh

It was just a few days back that Vikas Gupta had opened up about his relationship with late Balika Vadhu actress Pratyusha Banerjee. He had revealed that it was after their breakup that Pratyusha learnt that he is bisexual. Now, Pratyusha's ex-boyfriend, Rahul Raj Singh, has lashed out at Vikas for using the late actress' name.

Talking to ETimes, Rahul opened up about Pratyusha and said that she was always very open with him. He revealed, “Pratyusha was always open about her relationships. She never hid her personal life. Vikas Gupta is just making use of the situation because the person isn’t alive to respond to his claims. She had told me when we were doing the show Power Couple (2015) that Vikas had proposed to her and she declined it, as she was aware of his sexuality. When I asked her why didn’t take up any project after Balika Vadhu and cash in on the success of her show, she told me that Vikas had planned a project with her, which he scrapped later.”

Rahul also claimed that Vikas was using Pratyusha's name for his advantage. He added, “Pratyusha never dated Vikas, so the question of them parting ways doesn’t arise. In fact, they weren’t even on talking terms after a point. He shouldn’t cook up stories for publicity. Pratyusha would have slapped him had she been alive,” he says, adding, “I also don’t appreciate him bringing up my name in his interviews. I don’t think he has anything else to talk about other than me eating chips at the hospital (when Pratyusha had died by suicide). I find it defamatory and if this doesn’t stop, I will have to legal action against him. All I want to say is that stop using Pratyusha’s name to be in the limelight.”

We wonder what Vikas would have to say to this.