In the latest developments in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, Showik Chakraborty has reached DRDO guesthouse for questioning. On the other hand, ED has summoned Rhea Chakraborty's father Indrajit.
Trouble has mounted for Rhea Chakraborty after new WhatsApp chat reveals that the actress used to give drugs to Sushant Singh Rajput.
The NCB is now the third federal investigative agency probing this case apart from the ED and the CBI. The ED, which is probing a money laundering angle into the death of Rajput, has questioned Rhea Chakraborty, and has obtained "deleted WhatsApp messages" allegedly indicating dealings in banned drugs from her phone.
In the WhatsApp chats made public, Rhea allegedly talks of using MDMA and also discusses marijuana.A message sent to her by one Jaya Saha on November 25 last year read: "Use 4 drops in coffee, tea or water and let him sip it. Give it 30-40 minutes for it to kick in." It is being presumed that the "him" refers to Sushant.
Siddharth Pithani, cook Neeraj Singh and domestic help Deepesh Sawant were present in Rajput's house at Mont Blanc Apartments n suburban Bandra when the 34-year-old actor was found hanging in his room on June 14.
Swamy's tweet comes a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing money laundering charges connected to the case, sought the help of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to check the drug syndicate connection.
The ED has referred some evidence to the CBI and the Narcotics Control Bureau about Rhea Chakraborty's alleged links to banned drugs, a charge vehemently denied by Rhea's lawyer. The officials said the central probe agency stumbled upon certain data and these "prima facie" inputs have been shared with the two federal agencies but did not give any details of the nature of evidence referred to the agencies.
The ED has registered a case of money laundering on the basis of the Bihar Police FIR on July 31 on the complaint of Sushant's father K.K. Singh. The agency has already recorded the statement of Sushant's father, his sisters Priyanka Singh, Meetu Singh in connection with the case.
Throughout the day on Tuesday, #SSRCulpritsBehindBar kept trending on Twitter with tweets claiming foul play in Sushant's death, and demanding that culprits be arrested.
Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on June 14 at his Bandra residence and since then, a lot of theories surrounding his untimely demise have been doing the rounds.
Claiming foul-play in the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Surjeet Singh Rathore on Saturday said he was willing to share all that he knew with the CBI team investigating the case if they approach him.
In its second visit to the Cooper Hospital in the last three days, the CBI's Special Investigation Team (SIT) met the doctors who conducted the post-mortem examination of Sushant, and asked them about the conditions in which the autopsy was carried and who all from the late actor's family were present in the hospital at that time, sources said.
A team of CBI's SIT along with the forensic experts is in Mumbai since Thursday and has questioned several people. The officials have visited Sushant's flat twice and recreated the scene of his death.
arlier in the day, several reports claimed that Rhea and her father Indrajit Chakraborty have been summoned by the CBI as part of investigations into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. However, her lawyer Satish Maneshinde has denied the same.
The lawyer further said that if she really wanted to cooperate with the family, she could have withdrawn her petition from the Supreme Court. "Rhea is playing a double game in this matter, if she wanted to support the family, then why did she file this petition in the Supreme Court,"
This is not the first time Subramanian Swamy has linked Sunanda Pushkar and Sridevi's cases with that of Sushant. In a tweet posted last Thursday, the politician had hinted at a Dubai link in the death of Sushant, and said the CBI should also go through previous high-profile death cases, including that of superstar Sridevi.
CBI sleuths on Sunday questioned actor Sushant Singh Rajput's friend Siddharth Pithani, cook Neeraj Singh and domestic help Deepesh Sawant at the DRDO guest house here in connection with his death case and later visited the actor's flat in Bandra.
On Saturday also, the CBI team accompanied by Pithani, Neeraj and Sawant visited the late actor's house in Bandra to reconstruct the sequence of events before he wasfound dead. Another CBI team on Saturday visited the state-run Cooper Hospital in the city, where autopsy had been performed on Rajput's body.
Sushant's bedroom was located in the upper floor of the duplex flat at the Mont Blanc building, at Carter Road in posh Bandra West. The locksmith he had got a call from Siddarth Pithani - the flatmate of Sushant - who asked him to come and break open a door lock in the house.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ) officials probing Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death recorded the statements of his friend Siddharth Pithani and his cook Neeraj Singh on Sunday.
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