Mumbai, Mumbai Police on Thursday recorded the statement of actor-model Malaika Arora's mother Joyce in the case of the alleged suicide of Malaika's stepfather Anil Mehta.

According to police, Anil Mehta (62) allegedly jumped from the sixth floor of the building 'Ayesha Manor' in Bandra (West) on Wednesday morning.

An officer said that his wife and Malaika's mother Joyce were in the flat at the time of the incident.

In her statement, Joyce told police that she saw Anil's slippers in the room and started looking for him, before she heard the building watchman shouting for help and looked down from the balcony, she said.

Mehta was found soaked in blood in the premises of the building.

The officer said that apart from the watchman and eyewitnesses, the police will also record the statements of Malaika and her sister Amrita Arora in a day or two.

According to the preliminary autopsy report, Anil Mehta died due to multiple injuries on the head and other organs, he said.