Sushant Singh Rajput Death Probe LIVE Updates: CBI team back in Mumbai to find more evidence

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Sushant Singh Rajput Death Probe Updates

Shortly after the Bombay High court granted bail to Rhea Chakraborty after 28 days of her stay in Byculla Jail, Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh and his team wrote to the CBI director demanding the reconstitution of a medical team for the re-examination. The team claimed that the report is faulty. On Wednesday, the CBI claimed that the late actor's death is a case of suicide and ruled out murder. Soon after this, the federal agency sleuths returned to Mumbai to collect more evidence. A CBI source said that the investigation into Sushant's death is still continuing and all the aspects are being looked into "meticulously". "As per the demand of the investigation, either a team or a set of officers visit Mumbai at regular intervals, besides the agency officers from the Mumbai branch present there," the source added.

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On the other hand, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday while granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty that she was not a part of any drug syndicate as alleged by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). "It is their (NCB''s) own case that the drugs were already consumed and hence there was no recovery. In that case, there is nothing at this stage to show that the applicant (Rhea) had committed any offence involving commercial quantity of contraband," HC said.

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Oct 08, 2020 2:46 PM (IST) Posted by Parina Taneja

Plea for court-monitored probe into Disha Salian death case should be filed in HC: SC

The Supreme Court Thursday said the plea seeking court-monitored CBI probe into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager, Disha Salian should be filed in the Bombay High Court. However, the apex court said it was adjourning the matter for October 12 and in the meantime, the lawyer should approach the high court.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian conducted the hearing through video conferencing and said it will hear the matter on Monday as the lawyer who was to appear was
unavailable.

Besides the court-minitored CBI probe into Salian's death case, the PIL filed by Puneet Kaur Dhanda, has also sought filing of the detailed probe report before the top court by Mumbai police into the investigated conducted so far by it into the case.

The plea, which has to be argued by lawyer Vineet Dhanda, claimed that both the deaths of Rajput and Salian were interconnected as they occurred under suspicious circumstances.

“It is after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, various rumours and conspiracy theories have been linked between the deaths of Disha and Sushant, because both died in suspicion circumstances and at the peak of their successful professional career,” the plea said.

(PTI)
Oct 08, 2020 1:22 PM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

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Oct 08, 2020 12:45 PM (IST) Posted by Parina Taneja
Oct 08, 2020 11:49 AM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin

Sushant Singh Rajput's brother-in-law likely to visit CBI headquarter today.
Oct 08, 2020 9:06 AM (IST) Posted by Parina Taneja

Rhea Chakraborty reached her Prime Rose building in Santa Cruz late Wednesday night with her family. According to the conditions laid down by the High Court for Rhea's bail, the actress has to appear at the nearby Santa Cruz Police Station for the next 10 days. Today is the first day of Rhea's attendance. She can go to the police station between 11 am to 2 pm.
Oct 08, 2020 6:36 AM (IST) Posted by Parina Taneja

CBI team in Mumbai again to collect more evidence

Shortly after the family members of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput wrote to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) demanding the reconstitution of a medical team, the federal agency sleuths were once again in Mumbai. A CBI source said that the investigation into Sushant's death is still continuing and all the aspects are being looked into "meticulously". "As per the demand of the investigation, either a team or a set of officers visit Mumbai at regular intervals, besides the agency officers from the Mumbai branch present there," the source added.

The source, however, refused to share the name of the officials of the agency who arrived in Mumbai from Delhi. The source said that the CBI sleuths reached Mumbai to collect more details in the case.

The remarks came after Varun Singh, son of Sushant's lawyer Vikas Singh, wrote to CBI chief R.K. Shukla after the Bombay High Court granted bail to Sushant's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, late actor's house manager Samuel Miranda and personal staff Dipesh Sawant in a narcotics related case.

(IANS)
Oct 08, 2020 6:35 AM (IST) Posted by Parina Taneja

SC to hear PIL for court-monitored CBI probe into Disha Salian's death

The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager Disha Salian, along with the agency's probe into the death of the Bollywood actor, as both are "inter-linked". The PIL is listed for hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian.

The plea, filed by Puneet Kaur Dhanda through advocate Vineet Dhanda, has sought direction to Mumbai Police to place on record the detailed investigation report in the case, after it was reported that her case file is missing or has been deleted. Dhanda has urged the top court if after perusal of the same, the court finds it unsatisfactory, then the matter may kindly be referred to Central Bureau of Investigation for further investigation.

(IANS)
Oct 08, 2020 6:34 AM (IST) Posted by Parina Taneja

Rhea Chakraborty no drug dealer; celebrities don't have special liability: HC

Actor Rhea Chakraborty was not a part of any drug syndicate as alleged by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday while granting her bail. Justice Sarang Kotwal also rejected the NCB''s argument that celebrities or "role models" should get harsh treatment in such cases so as to set an example. Everybody is equal before the law, the court said.

"She is not part of drug dealers. She has not forwarded the drugs allegedly procured by her to somebody else to earn monetary or other benefits," the court said.

The NCB had alleged that Rhea used to procure drugs for actor Sushant Singh Rajput, her boyfriend, who committed suicide at his Mumbai house on June 14.

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