{"id":5778,"date":"2026-07-27T21:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=5778"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:38:16","slug":"salman-khans-ex-somy-ali-announces-5000-reward-in-her-16-year-search-to-find-missing-bollywood-actor-raj-kiran-reveals-promise-made-to-rishi-kapoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=5778","title":{"rendered":"Salman Khan&#8217;s ex Somy Ali announces $5,000 reward in her 16-year search to find missing Bollywood actor Raj Kiran, reveals promise made to Rishi Kapoor |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132670511,imgsize-116283,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/salman-khans-ex-somy-ali-announces-5000-reward-in-16-year-search-to-find-missing-bollywood-actor-raj-kiran-reveals-promise-made-to-rishi-kapoor.jpg\" alt=\"Salman Khan's ex Somy Ali announces $5,000 reward in her 16-year search to find missing Bollywood actor Raj Kiran, reveals promise made to Rishi Kapoor\" title=\"Salman Khan's ex Somy Ali announces $5,000 reward in 16-year search to find missing Bollywood actor Raj Kiran, reveals promise made to Rishi Kapoor\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Salman Khan's ex Somy Ali announces $5,000 reward in 16-year search to find missing Bollywood actor Raj Kiran, reveals promise made to Rishi Kapoor\">Salman Khan&#8217;s ex Somy Ali announces $5,000 reward in 16-year search to find missing Bollywood actor Raj Kiran, reveals promise made to Rishi Kapoor<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former actor and activist <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/somy-ali\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Somy Ali<\/a>, known for her past relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/salman-khan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salman Khan<\/a>, has revealed that she has spent the last 16 years searching for missing Bollywood actor Raj Kiran, saying she made a promise to late actor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rishi-kapoor\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rishi Kapoor<\/a> that she would never stop looking for him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Raj Kiran<!-- -->, who mysteriously disappeared in the early 2000s, remains one of Bollywood&#8217;s biggest unsolved mysteries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Somy Ali recalls promise made to Rishi Kapoor<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Sharing a detailed post on Instagram, Somy said her search began after a conversation with Rishi Kapoor during a film shoot. The two were reminiscing about Karz, in which Raj Kiran had starred alongside Kapoor, when they discussed the actor&#8217;s unexplained disappearance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>According to Somy, they decided to look for Raj Kiran together. <!-- -->While Rishi Kapoor passed away in 2020 without finding him, she said she has continued the search on her own.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>&#8220;I made a promise to Chintu ji during a shoot and before he left us that I will never stop my search for Raj Kiran. This is my 16th year. I have knocked on random doors via addresses given to me by private investigators. I found an apartment in New York where the front desk man told me that he never saw Raj Kiran, but his brother, Gobind, Judy, Gobind&#8217;s wife, and their daughter lived in that apartment for 11 years,&#8221; she wrote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Somy Ali contacted Raj Kiran&#8217;s family<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Somy shared screenshots and photographs documenting her efforts to trace the missing actor, including attempts to reach his brother Gobind and sister-in-law Judy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>&#8220;I have reached out to everyone from his family, but to no avail. It&#8217;s not just a promise I made to Chintu ji, but also because I am genuinely concerned whether Raj ji is okay or being kept somewhere under coercion,&#8221; she added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Appealing to the public for help, Somy wrote, &#8220;While it&#8217;s not a huge reward, if anyone can provide a legitimate address\u2014whether it is a mental health facility or an apartment\u2014you will be rewarded. <!-- -->Please help. Thank you.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Considered filing a missing person&#8217;s report<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Among the documents shared was a letter Somy said she sent to Judy via LinkedIn. In it, she revealed that she had considered approaching the New York Police Department.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>&#8220;My last resort was to file a missing person&#8217;s report with the NYPD and offer a reward of $5,000 to anyone who could provide legitimate information,&#8221; the letter read.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>She also revealed that she had spent her own savings and even borrowed money from her mother to continue the search.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>&#8220;I have nothing to gain from this. As I mentioned, I have spent money\u2014some borrowed from my mother and the rest from my own savings\u2014just to find him. I urge you to be kind in this predicament and show him my message,&#8221; she wrote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><h2>Raj Kiran&#8217;s disappearance remains a mystery<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Raj Kiran disappeared in the early 2000s, and over the years, conflicting reports have emerged about his whereabouts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"46\"\/>At one point, Rishi Kapoor claimed that Raj Kiran&#8217;s brother Gobind had told him the actor was alive and staying at a psychiatric institution in Atlanta.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/>&#8220;I was relieved when Govind told me Raj was alive. But he was confined to an institution in Atlanta because of health issues,&#8221; Rishi had told journalist Subhash K. Jha.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"51\"\/>However, Raj Kiran&#8217;s daughter, Rishika Mahata, later disputed the claim.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"54\"\/>&#8220;He is not in Atlanta. We have been looking for him for over eight years. We have involved the New York Police and hired private detectives to find him, but he has not been found,&#8221; she told Mid-day.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"57\"\/>Remembering her father, she added, &#8220;He was the most loving father. Yes, he suffered from some mental health issues before he disappeared. We wanted to deal with this privately, but the false reports forced me to speak out. It was unfair to my mother.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"59\"\/>Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who had met Raj Kiran during his treatment, also recalled the actor&#8217;s condition in an interview with Rediff.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"61\"\/>&#8220;Many years ago, when he was in the psychiatric ward of Masina Hospital, he was not the Raj Kiran I had known. He looked sombre and depressed, and spoke with great difficulty. There was none of the energy or enthusiasm that we associated with him,&#8221; Mahesh said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"63\"\/>Despite years of efforts by his family, friends and investigators, Raj Kiran&#8217;s whereabouts remain unknown, making his disappearance one of Bollywood&#8217;s most enduring mysteries.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/hindi\/bollywood\/news\/salman-khans-ex-somy-ali-announces-5000-reward-in-her-16-year-search-to-find-missing-bollywood-actor-raj-kiran-reveals-promise-made-to-rishi-kapoor\/articleshow\/132670501.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salman Khan&#8217;s ex Somy Ali announces $5,000 reward in 16-year search to find missing Bollywood actor Raj Kiran, reveals promise made to Rishi Kapoor Former actor and activist Somy Ali, known for her past relationship with Salman Khan, has revealed that she has 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