Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case LIVE Updates: CBI collects case documents from Bihar Police

Siddharth Pithani, a friend of actor Sushant Singh Rajput who lived with him for some time, was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday. However, he didn't make it today. He may appear before ED on Monday. Meanwhile, Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik is being questioned by the ED for the last seven hours.

(Reported by Dinesh Maurya)

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which took over the Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case on the request of Bihar government, has now collected the case documents from the Bihar Police.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday met the father of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput at Faridabad and said his family will get justice as the CBI has taken up the probe into his death. Rajput's sister Rani Singh was also present there. Her husband O P Singh is the police commissioner of Faridabad.

Khattar met the family for 10-15 minutes, said Amit Arya, the media advisor to the chief minister.

Sushant, 34, was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the probe in the matter on Thursday based on a Patna police FIR related to alleged criminal conspiracy and abetment to suicide against actor Rhea Chakraborty.

Rajput's 74-year-old father K K Singh, who resides in Patna, had on July 25 filed a complaint with the Patna police against Chakraborty, her mother Sandhya Chakraborty, father Indrajit Chakraborty, brother Showik and some other persons accusing them of cheating and abetting his son's suicide.

Rhea Chakraborty's brother Shouvik being questioned in the ED office for the last 4 hours while Siddharth Pithani hasn't reached the ED office yet.

(Reported by Atul)

The Maharashtra government will act as per directions of the Supreme Court in actor Sushant Singh Rajput case, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said here
on Saturday and reiterated that the Mumbai Police are conducting the probe in a professional manner.

Deshmukh's comments came two days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the probe in the matter, based on a Patna police FIR related to alleged
criminal conspiracy and abetment to suicide against late Rajput's girlfriend and budding actress Rhea Chakraborty.

"Mumbai Police is investigating the case in a professional manner. How the investigation moves forward will depend on the order of the SC which will hear the matter on
August 11. We will move ahead as per the directions of the apex court," Deshmukh told reporters.

The Mumbai Police sources say that on the day of actor's death ie June 14, the forensic team was informed but the staff was not present due to the lockdown. As all were working from home, so the team arrived on the second day. When the team arrived, the room where the incident took place was sealed. We took all evidence on the same day, but Sushant's brother and sister had requested that the rent of that house is 5 lakh, so they have to vacate the house. 

We did the necessary work and investigation and returned the house within a month. When the Bihar Police team reached there, the family members had already shifted the actor's belongings from the house. Mumbai police have made it clear that DCP Trimukhe spoke with Rhea for her summons and nothing personal.

-Jai Prakash Singh

Sushant Singh Rajput's ex-manager Disha Salian's last video has surfaced on the internet which she herself shared on the WhatsApp group. In this video, she is seen dancing happily with friends. Five people are seen in it. For the unversed, Disha committed suicide on 8th June.

We will abide by Supreme Court decision. Mumbai Police is investigating the case very professionally: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on being asked if Mumbai Police will hand over the Sushant Singh Rajput case probe to CBI or there will be a parallel investigation.

According to sources, in the coming time, CBI will also take the help of Central Forensic Science Lab experts to understand the postmortem report of Sushant closely. At present, the CBI will work on what Bihar Police has been investigating so far. They will also study the evidence or documents found by the Bihar Police, which made them believe that there was abetment to suicide and capture of the fund and property. The CBI will work on what has been done by Bihar Police first and then look at the part of Mumbai police.

-Abhay Parashar

Documents from Bihar Police including diary and statements of around 10 eyewitnesses are being examined by CBI. Talks are also going on with Bihar Police officers who have been part of the investigation. Four policemen of Bihar Police were present in Mumbai for about 10 days. CBI will re-record the statement of KK Singh, father of Sushant Singh Rajput. According to sources, the allegations of Sushant's father will be verified with evidence. According to sources, the CBI team will talk to the concerned doctors if the actor was given wrong/overdose medicines. 

-Abhay Parashar

Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik reaches ED office again. He is named in the FIR registered by CBI in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case.

Sushant Singh Rajput's father, KK Singh, files counter affidavit before Supreme Court stating the investigation in the FIR has already been transferred to CBI and thus Rhea Chakraborty's plea seeking transfer of probe to Mumbai stands infructuous.

Rhea Chakraborty's notebook reveals Sushant's gratitude list. He has expressed his gratitude for life and also mentioned about his dog. A bottle has also been shown on behalf of Riya's lawyer, on which Chhichhore is written. For the unversed, Sushant worked in the film Chichhore and gifted this bottle to Rhea after the success of the movie.

Sushant's gratitude list

Bihar Police has handed over all the documents related to Sushant case to the CBI. Nishant Kumar, the IO of the case, handed over all the evidence which was found during investigation by the 4 member SIT of Bihar Police, to CBI in Delhi.

-Atul

The Maharashtra government will submit the progress report of the inquiry in a sealed envelope in the Supreme Court today. According to sources, the Maharashtra government will oppose CBI inquiry in the matter. 

-Atul 

Taking to Instagram, Ankita who was Sushant's ex-girlfriend shared a picture of the late actor's mother and wrote, "Believe you both are together."

Rhea to be questioned again on Monday by ED

She writes, "It is cloudy, It is foggy, Its all so unclear. But they say Truth is like the Sun. Its always there... So don't speculate. Just patiently wait. For its gonna be windy for a while and it is gonna rain. But remember my friend, sometimes a storm is just making way for the Sun to shine again."

Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari, who went to Mumbai for probe in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case and was quarantined by BMC arrived at Patna airport, late last night (7th August).

The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking to make itself a party to actress Rhea Chakraborty's plea for transferring to Mumbai an FIR, lodged against her in Patna, in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), in its plea filed in the pending petition of Chakraborty, said, "on the transfer of investigation of the... (Patna) case to the CBI, it is clear that the Union of India is a necessary and proper party to the present proceedings."

The Supreme Court will hear on August 11 (Tuesday), the petition filed by Rhea Chakroborty seeking to transfer a First Information Report (FIR) in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case from Patna to Mumbai.

Rhea Chakraborty's call details for the past one year have revealed that she was in regular touch with her family, Bollywood personalities like Mahesh Bhatt, apart from late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's friends like Siddharth Pithani over the last one year.

An ED official wishing to remain anonymous said that Rhea remained evasive on most of the questions and claimed to be innocent. The ED officials said that she was asked about the details of movable and immovable properties, businesses, and companies in which she and her family members are stakeholders. The official requesting anonymity said that the ED also asked Rhea to furnish the details of her address, profession, family members, mode of income, details of bank accounts, and credit cards.

She was also asked to give details about how she knew Sushant Singh Rajput, and for how long.The ED also asked Rhea to share the details of the financial transactions with Sushant, or if she had any contract with the late actor for her finances and the Income Tax Return (ITR) details. In a reply about the ITR, Rhea told the financial probe agency that currently she does not have the record of ITR and that she would submit the ITR of last five years through her legal team soon.

Shweta wrote, "Bhai’s Billboard in California...It’s up on 880 north, right after the great mall parkway exit. It’s a world wide movement. #warriors4ssr #justiceforsushantsinghrajput #worldforsushant."