The latest Bollywood celebrities to be summoned by Mumbai Police in the Sushant Singh Rajput case is filmmaker Karan Johar. It is expected that Karan Johar will record his statement this week. Meanwhile, Johar owned Dharma Productions’ CEO Apoorva Mehta has been asked to record his statement in connection with the case on Tuesday. The statement of KaranJohar's manager, Reshma Shetty, was recorded earlier
Mumbai Police on Monday recorded the statement of noted filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt in connection with Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, an official said.
Bhatt reached the Santacruz police station here around noon along with his legal team. He recorded his statement with the police and left at about 2.30 pm, an official said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone IX) Abhishek Trimukhe and other senior officials were present in the police station, he added.
Rajput, 34, was found hanging at his apartment in suburban Bandra on June 14.
The police have so far recorded statements of 38 people in connection with the case.
The police are investigating allegations that professional rivalry, besides clinical depression, drove the actor to suicide.
Sushant starred in films such as "Shuddh Desi Romance", "Raabta", "Kedarnath" and "Sonchiriya". But his most prominent role came as cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the biopic- "MS Dhoni: The Untold Story." His posthumous release Dil Bechara is currently streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
