Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Sushant's domestic help Neeraj recalls last conversation with actor

Bihar Police interrogated Rumi Jaffery for around four hours. According to police, they got vital information from the director, which will be helpful in further interrogation. Police even got personal and professional details about Rhea and Sushant. Now, they will interrogate more 5 people regarding this case.

Bihar Police also told India TV that Siddharth Pithani is out of Mumbai, hence they were unable to contact him. He will be contacted soon.

(Joyeeta and Atul)

"The people of the country and the state trust the ability of the Mumbai Police but not the state government. If nothing is wrong then why Sushant's case is not being handed over to CBI. The image of the Mumbai Police has been poor due to the interference of the three-party government. Mumbai Police should be exempted", said BJP leader Raj Kadam in a statement.

Recalling the unfateful day of Sushant Singh Rajput death, domestic help Neeraj said that the late actor woke up around early that day around 6 am and asked him for some water and was in a "happy mind". "He asked me if everything is fine or not. To which, I replied yes sir, everything is fine. Then, he smiled at me and, I came down. This was the last time that I had a conversation with sir", Neeraj said in an exclusive interview with India TV.

In a press conference, Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey said, "There is no doubt that there was a lack of cooperation with the Mumbai Police, but after meeting with the DCP yesterday, we hope that now the Bihar Police team will get the necessary support. Their security will be arranged. So far Mahesh Sethi, Ashok, Sister Meetu, Ankita Lokhande, Dr. Chavda, Neeraj, and officials related to the bank have been questioned. Even today many people are being questioned."

ED has registered a case of money laundering in the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case and has started the investigation. The ED has registered a case against Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty. ED's Mumbai branch will carry on its investigation at certain points. Finance records of the last few months of both the companies of Rhea Chakraborty and her brother are being tracked. Rhea and her brother started two companies between September 2019 and January 2020. Surprisingly, since then to date there has been no exchange of money in these companies. 

ED is also ascertaining whether these two companies were opened for the purpose of Shell Company. Additionally, the ED team will also investigate the bank accounts of Rhea Chakraborty and her family. Investigation of Sushant Singh Rajput's bank account has also started. The ED team suspects that about Rs 14 crore has been withdrawn from Sushant's account and invested in a shell company, so the ED team is also investigating from this angle. Sushant Singh Rajput formed one of his company Innsaei Ventures in 2018 and its record is also being investigated.

According to sources, in the next few days, ED may summon Rhea Chakraborty and her brother to join the investigation. The ED will not only investigate the personal bank accounts and corporate accounts of Rhea, her brother, and her close ones but will also try to know from Rhea about her source of income despite not having big projects.

(Reported by JP Singh)

Maharashtra minister clearly said that Mumbai police should investigate those who are talking about the role of the minister's son in Sushant Singh's case.

(Reported by JP Singh)

Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey to talk on Sushant Singh Rajput's case in the state government's digital PC that takes place at 4 pm daily.

(Reported by JP Singh)

Sushant Singh Rajput's friend Siddharth Pithani opens up about his viral email to Mumbai Police with India TV and shares that since he had no idea about the transfer of Rs 15 crore from the late actor's bank account, he thought it is appropriate to tell the police about it that making statements.

He also revealed that he shared a very close bond with Sushant. He said that a doctor had visited the actor at his house and had minimized the dosage of his medicines. Also, Siddharth explained that Sushant was very upset that his name was being used during the death of his ex-manager Disha Salian when he had met her just once.

Talking about their last conversation, Siddharth said that Sushant had come to his room and checked up on him and his work and asked him to sleep since it was late at night.

Samuel Miranda's name has come up in the FIR lodged in the Sushant Singh Rajput case with Bihar Police as an accused. The FIR states that Rhea Chakraborty had taken Sushant's original SIM card and had given him a SIM card registered by Samuel Miranda's name. Sushant Singh Rajput was using that SIM card.

The family has alleged in the FIR that Rhea had taken possession of the original SIM card so that Sushant could not contact his family members. When the India TV team reached Samuel Miranda's home, who lives in the Sahara area of ​​Mumbai, he was present at the house but did not talk or open the door. Mumbai police also appeared outside his house but the relative of Samuel asked media to leave from there.

(Reported by Atul Singh, Rajeev Singh, JP Singh)

Bihar Police can visit filmmaker Rumi Jafri's house today and record his statement. Sushant was supposed to star in his next untitled film with his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.

(Reported by Atul Singh, Rajeev Singh, JP Singh)

Bihar Police team has written a letter to the Mumbai Crime Branch seeking logistic support. No decision has been taken yet by the Mumbai Police as they are taking legal opinion on the matter, only after that, the decision on whether to give logistic support or not, will be made. Questions were raised on the attitude of the Mumbai Police when pictures of Bihar Police using auto to travel surfaced.

(Reported by Atul Singh, Rajeev Singh, JP Singh)

Home Minister Anil Deshmukh will talk to media on Sushant Singh Rajput matter in Sahyadri Guest House, today at 5:30 pm. 

Bihar Police has said that they have been keeping an eye on Sushant's then-current girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty. They have also sought for post-mortem reports and other documents from Mumbai Police. Bihar Police has also stated that Mumbai Police is now cooperating with them.

(Dinesh Maurya)

On Sushant Singh Rajput's death investigation, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that request for CBI probe will be made if the late actor's father demands it. He further said that Mumbai Police should cooperate with Bihar police in the investigation as it is their legal duty. There should be no dispute on this.

Other than friends and family members, Bihar Police will record statements of the actors who worked with Sushant Singh Rajput in his last film Dil Bechara.

In the latest development in Sushant Singh Rajput's death investigation, Bihar Police visited Cooper Hospital to investigate the actor's postmortem reports but they were not given any information by the hospital. Since the situation is not clear on the case from the Mumbai Police and Maharashtra Government, Cooper Hospital refused to provide any documents or information related to the post-mortem.

The head of the forensic department of Cooper Hospital, who also heads the postmortem department, has said that they cannot give Sushant's postmortem report to the Bihar police. The report is issued only once to the police station that brings the dead body to the hospital. If Bihar Police needs the report, then they need to contact Bandra Police of Mumbai. He said that they cannot issue the same report twice legally.

(Reported by Atul Singh, Rajeev Singh, JP Singh)

DGP Gupteshwar Pandey expresses anger over the Mumbai Police's behavior with Bihar Police.

Bihar Police recorded statements of Sushant's friends Mukesh Chhabra and Mahesh Shetty later in the night after meeting with Mumbai Crime DCP Pathan on Friday.

(Inputs from Atul Singh)

Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh told TOI, "Till probably July 25, he was talking to the family and trying to help by telling them that Rhea Chakraborty has been instrumental in whatever happened to Sushant. Suddenly, he has done a volte-face. I don’t know what happened, but I hope the police get to the bottom of the matter soon and find out what role he (Pithani) played in this case and whether he has any information that he hasn’t shared."

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Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta Singh Kirti writes to PM Modi seeking justice in the actor's death case. She wrote, "I am sister of Sushant Singh Rajput and I request an urgent scan of the whole case. We believe in India’s judicial system & expect justice at any cost. @narendramodi @PMOIndia #JusticeForSushant #SatyamevaJayate"

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray reacted to Sushant Singh Rajput's death case investigation and said that it should not create friction between Maharastra and Bihar. He said, "Mumbai Police is not inefficient.If anyone has any evidence they can bring it to us&we will interrogate&punish the guilty. Please don't use this case as an excuse to create friction between Maharashtra&Bihar"

After Shiv Sena's Maharashtra minister Anil Parab, Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has also asked the Mumbai police to interrogate by recording the statements of those who are alleging on social media that the son of a minister is responsible for Sushant's death. 

(With inputs from Rajiv Singh)

BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar has written a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah and demanded a CBI inquiry into Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. He has alleged that the statements of Sushant's sisters were not recorded by the DCP of Mumbai Police. When the Bihar Police started the investigation, the matter of vested interest of a young minister of the state is coming out and questions are being raised on the investigation of Mumbai Police. In such a situation, if the police of two states investigate, then how will the results come. The state's Youth NCP leader Parth Pawar has spoken about the CBI investigation in the case. His father Ajit Pawar is the Deputy Chief Minister. Despite that, if Parth is not satisfied with the Mumbai Police investigation, one can understand the attitude of the police.

(With inputs from Rajiv Singh)

On Friday, Bihar Minister Jai Kumar Singh said that if the Maharashtra government does not recommend an investigation by the CBI into the death of Sushant, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar can talk to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for initiating a CBI probe into the matter. He said that Kumar has given a green signal to the police for a thorough investigation. He claimed, "Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has given a clear indication that if the Maharashtra police do not help the Bihar police in the probe, we can recommend the matter to the CBI for investigation."

Singh further said, "Mumbai police is not cooperating with the Bihar police. We again urge the Mumbai police to cooperate with the Patna police in Sushant's case. If this does not happen, then Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will conduct a CBI inquiry into the entire matter."

Maharashtra Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam tweeted, "The way the police of two states are behaving on the streets of Mumbai on the issue of investigation of Sushant Singh's death, it looks ugly. As if the police of Mumbai and Patna were beating each other. The Patna Police was today pushed into the car by the Mumbai Police. It does not look like an investigation but a race is going on."

A new post by Shweta Singh Kirti, sister of Sushant Singh Rajput, once again puts a question mark on whether the actor actually committed suicide as his post-mortem has suggested, or was any other foul means involved. Shweta's Instagram post on Friday evening shows Sushant was actually planning ahead in life, and had chalked out plans for his daily regime till June 29. He was found hanging at his residence on June 14.

In the post, Shweta shared a photograph of a whiteboard. On the board, in Sushant's handwriting, is a daily to-do list for himself. The list includes his plans to practice transcendental meditation daily from June 29. Other instructions include "make your bed" after waking up, "read books, watch content movies/series, learn guitar and workout" among other things.

"Bhai's White Board where he was planning to start his workout and transcendental meditation from 29th June daily. So he was planning ahead. #justiceforsushantsinghrajput," Shweta wrote.

She also wrote, "“Your branches may twist and turn as you flex toward the light, yet your unwavering intentions will ensure that no faint wind will sway you from your mission” #JusticeforSushantSingRajput #Seekingstrengthandunity #biharpolice"