Karan Oberoi says he ‘almost died in jail, didn’t eat anything for a week’: ‘I saw my life flash in front of my eyes’

Karan Oberoi recalled being in jail for a month in 2019. He said that he almost died during that dark phase of his life.

Karan Oberoi opened up about his time in jail. (Photo: Siddharth Kannan/YouTube)

Actor Karan Oberoi, who was once known for his television roles and his musical band ‘Band of Boys’, recently opened up about the time when he was jailed in 2019. Karan was accused of rape and extortion and spent over a month in custody. In a recent interview, Karan said that he wanted to give up on his life when he was going through this time and at one point, he “almost died” in jail. The case against him is still going on.

In a chat with Siddharth Kannan for his YouTube channel, Karan said that he was tasked with the responsibility of cleaning toilets while in jail. “It was a dark phase in my life. It was like visiting pataal lok (hell) for me. Like how did I land here? There were people around me who had murdered so many people. There too, there were some hardened criminals, who were protecting me,” he said.

Karan said that he didn’t eat and sleep for days when he first landed in jail and was getting delirious. “When you don’t know if you are going to survive tomorrow because you can possibly die in these conditions… I didn’t eat anything for the first seven days. For the first nine days, I didn’t sleep. I was getting delirious. In that delirious state, I was starting to feel like I might not be able to finish this journey,” he said

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He further shared, “I almost died because of asphyxiation in an episode. I don’t want to discuss it but I thought this is the end, I could see my life flash in front of my eyes. I have claustrophobia and they put me in a place… kaal kothri mein daal dia tha and I thought this is the end of my life.”

Karan Oberoi was accused of rape and extortion in 2019. The woman claimed that she was raped between January 2017 and February 2018, and said that the actor had promised her marriage. He was arrested the next day. After a month, he was given bail by Bombay HC. While he was in jail, the woman filed a second FIR for assault and claimed she was threatened to withdraw her complaint. She was later arrested by Mumbai Police on charges of criminal conspiracy and filing false information in an FIR. In 2023, she was fined Rs 20,000 by Bombay HC after her lawyer failed to complete the necessary legal formalities for the case.

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