CBI closes actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case, clears Rhea Chakraborty | India News

CBI closes actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case, clears Rhea

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Four-and-a half years after it started probing the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the CBI is discovered to have closed the case and given a clear chit to actor Rhea Chakraborty, bringing curtains on a case that had gripped the nation, reviews Rajshekhar Jha. Rajput was discovered useless at his Bandra flat on June 14, 2020.
The probe company is discovered to have filed a closure report in two of the instances it was investigating, sources mentioned. While one case was filed in Aug 2021 in Patna by Rajput’s father towards Rhea, her kin and others, the opposite was filed in Sept by Rhea towards Rajput’s sister and physician.
CBI closure reviews in 2 instances tied to Rajput death filed in Patna, Mumbai
The closure report in each was filed in a particular Mumbai court docket, sources mentioned.
Rhea’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde mentioned, “Rhea Chakraborty had to undergo untold miseries and was behind bars for 27 days for no fault of hers until Justice Sarang V Kotwal released her on bail. I salute her and her family for having kept silent and yet suffered the inhuman treatment they were meted out. Innocent people were hounded and paraded before the media and investigative authorities. I hope this does not repeat in any case.”
Rajput was discovered useless 6 days after his PR supervisor Disha Salian fell off the 14th flooring of a Malad tower and died.
Rajput was discovered useless at his Bandra house on June 14, 2020, six days after his PR supervisor Disha Salian died. Mumbai police, which first probed the case, termed it as a case of suspected suicide, though no suicide word had been discovered. The provisional autopsy advised the reason for death was asphyxia as a consequence of hanging.
Coincidentally, on Wednesday, Disha’s father Satish Salian alleged his daughter was gangraped and murdered. He has filed a plea demanding a CBI probe into her death, alleging that Rajput was visibly frightened and repeatedly expressed concern that “those people” liable for her death wouldn’t spare him and that he could be killed. He has mentioned each deaths are interconnected and half of a bigger conspiracy.
The CBI FIR in Rajput’s case named Rhea and her kin Indrajit Chakraborty, Sandhya and Showik other than her associates Samuel Miranda and Shruti Modi.
The FIR, initially filed by Bihar police, had sections of IPC associated to prison conspiracy, abetment of suicide, wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, theft, prison breach of belief, dishonest and prison intimidation.
After Rajput’s cremation at Vile Parle’s Pawan Hans crematorium, Mumbai police started their investigation, recording statements from movie and casting director Mukesh Chhabra, Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea, and his managerial employees. In July that yr, producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali was questioned, stating he had provided Rajput 4 movies, however finally featured in none.
Rhea, who confirmed being in a relationship with Rajput on Twitter (now X), demanded a CBI inquiry. Mumbai police additionally recorded statements of filmmaker Aditya Chopra and three psychiatrists.
Meanwhile, an FIR was registered towards Rhea in Patna on July 28, and a group of Bihar police reached Mumbai to probe the case.
The Enforcement Directorate inquired concerning the cash laundering angle within the case and questioned Rhea however they discovered no substance towards her. Subsequently, the NCB initiated a probe towards her together with others on allegations of procurement of medication for Rajput which led to her arrest. In Aug 2021, the CBI filed an FIR towards Rhea and others, and the ED too summoned her for questioning.
An AIIMS forensic group was roped in by the CBI on Aug 22, and the ED unearthed a drug angle within the case, involving the Narcotics Control Bureau.
In Sept 2021, Rhea filed an FIR towards Rajput’s sisters and physician, which was transferred to the CBI as effectively.
This is the second case which has been closed as effectively, sources mentioned.
In Oct, reviews emerged that the AIIMS panel had dismissed the homicide principle, though the CBI acknowledged they have been probing all angles.