N ot bagging any roles after the release of her solo film project, Wafaa in 2008, Laila was on 'the lookout for more roles', sources said, adding that Laila was not a typical Bollywood struggler.

"She had a lot of money, and also a lavish house in Mumbai. She owned expensive cars and several pieces of costly jewellery. Her mother's business (in garment export) was enough to sustain the entire family comfortably.Besides, they always had cousins and other relatives staying over from time to time, and the family was quite close," said a model who lives close to the Oshiwara apartment where Laila and her family stayed.

Laila would frequently travel to Dubai for work, the nature of which the cops are still trying to ascertain, but she did have links with several film and business personalities, they say. Seleena is also said to have known several film producers associated with B-grade projects, and would recommend strugglers to them.

Two years ago, Laila married a Dubai-based businessman. However, she did not immediately start living with him; police say that she planned to move her entire family to Dubai.

This idea must have been the final straw for Tak, who was not included in the move and who saw that he would not be able to recover the money he had paid Seleena, apart from being embroiled in two cheating cases in Jammu & Kashmir.

'No film role and didn't return my money either'

In Wafaa, Laila's character arranges to have her much older husband (played by Khanna) killed whilst having an affair with her chauffeur. It was on the basis of this project that Seleena reportedly hooked Tak, promising to get him a role opposite her daughter.

Tak moved to Mumbai and started living with Seleena, and the two married the next year.

Police from Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir, had received complaints from the bank that Tak had borrowed money from, since he did not pay his EMIs and he was untraceable after a few months of taking the amount.

"During questioning, he said that he had planned to pay off all the loans once he got work in films. Besides, he married Seleena in the hope that she would help him repay the loans, but she refused to do so," said an official from the Mumbai Crime Branch.

"Later, Tak alleged that he repeatedly asked Seleena to return his money, seeing that she had not introduced him to any film producers. She refused to give him his money, and further, when he asked her to transfer one of her properties in his name in lieu of the money, she promptly assigned the power of attorney for all her assets in the name of her second husband, who was on good terms with her despite their divorce."

Tak realised he was well and truly trapped -- he was not going to recover his money from Seleena, and he couldn't return home without being arrested. "In the meantime, Laila got married and planned to move her family to Dubai. This would have left him in the lurch, which was when he decided to kill Seleena."