OdishaPlus Bureau
The Bihar government on Tuesday recommended probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. The announcement was made by spokesperson of ruling Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) Sanjay Singh. This comes hours after Rajput’s father KK Singh met CM Nitish Kumar seeking CBI investigation in the case. The Bombay high court is scheduled to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on Tuesday in this regard.
Earlier, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan had also requested Kumar to transfer the case to CBI without further delay. Paswan said that LJP leaders, related to the late actor, had informed him that on August 5 that the Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking transfer of the case from Bihar to Mumbai. The actor’s father had said on Monday that he had filed a complaint with Mumbai police in February claiming his son’s life was in danger. Singh filed an FIR with Patna police, alleging Mumbai police of inaction even after 40 days of the actor’s sudden death.
An FIR was registered by Bihar Police on Singh’s complaint against actor Rhea Chakraborty under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including abetment of suicide. Bihar Police started the investigation and dispatched a team to Mumbai. Separately, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Rajput’s chartered accountant in connection with a money laundering probe that stemmed from the complaint lodged by the actor’s father with the Bihar Police.
The Bihar Police, meanwhile, recorded the statement of Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend and creative content manager Siddharth Pithani. He was summoned by the police on Monday evening. Pithani was staying with the actor for the past one year, police said. They have already recorded statements of Rajput’s sister, former girlfriend Ankita Lokhande, director Rumi Jaffrey, his cook, friends and doctor.
Recently the BMC quarantined Patna SP Vinay Tiwari till August 15, reacting to the same Bihar DGP G Pandey came down heavily on the Mumbai police.