Indian SC orders CBI inquiry into Sushant suicide case

NEW DELHI: Indian supreme court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case.

A single-judge bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy pronounced the judgment. The bench held that the contents as disclosed by the FIR registered in Patna indicate that even Mumbai Police has jurisdiction.

According to Indian media, the Supreme Court rejected actor Rhea Chakraborty’s petition to transfer the investigation from Patna to Mumbai in Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide case. The court remarked that the Bihar government was competent to give consent to CBI for probing into the Patna FIR.

The Supreme court had reserved its judgment on Chakraborty’s petition after a hearing on 11th August. Based on Rajput’s father KK Singh’s complaint that Rhea Chakraborty was responsible for abetment of his son’s suicide, Patna Police registered an FIR on 25th July.

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Singh also alleged that Chakraborty illegally transferred Rs 15 crore from Rajput’s bank account. However, the actor has denied all allegations and maintained that she will cooperate with an investigation launched by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).  The CBI also registered a case against Chakraborty and three members of her family members.

Sushant Singh Rajput was a 34-year-old actor who was found dead in his Mumbai apartment on 14th June.