The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput , rep...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, reported Bar and Bench. The court said the first information report registered against actor Rhea Chakraborty in Patna, Bihar, was lawful. It directed the Mumbai Police to hand over all the evidence to the CBI.
The bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy was hearing a petition by Chakraborty to transfer the case filed against her in connection with Rajput’s death from Patna to Mumbai. Rajput’s father KK Singh had filed a first information report against Chakraborty in Bihar in July, accusing her of driving his son to suicide. Chakraborty had argued that the FIR against her in Patna was illegal.
“FIR registered at Patna was correct,” said the court, according to The Indian Express. “The state of Maharashtra refused the option to challenge the order.” The bench added that if any other case is registered regarding Rajput’s death, it will be probed by the CBI only.
Rajput was found dead in his apartment in Mumbai on June 14, in what the Mumbai Police said was a case of suicide.
On August 11, the Supreme Court on had reserved its order on Chakraborty’s petition. In her submissions to the court on August 13, the actor had said that...
