In a major development in the Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, centre has agreed for a CBI inquiry on Wednesday. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed Supreme Court that the Union of India has in principle accepted the recommendation by Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar, to order a CBI probe into the case.
“Union of India has in principle accepted the request by Bihar to have a CBI probe. Notification regarding the same will be issued by end of day today,” Mehta said.
Mehta made the submission during the hearing of a plea by actor Rhea Chakraborty seeking transfer of the case registered in Bihar’s capital of Patna to Maharashtra’s Mumbai. Mehta, representing centre, said that notification for the Central Bureau of Investigation will be issued soon, most likely by the end of the day.
The top court has given three days to all the parties to submit their response into the matter. It also ordered the Maharashtra government to inform the court of the development in investigation by Mumbai Police into Rajput’s death. The case is scheduled to be heard on next week.
A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy said that truth behind the 34-year-old young actor’s death should come out. “Truth should come out so far as actor’s death is concerned,” the SC bench said, as reported by news agency PTI.
Susahnt Singh Rajput’s sister, who has been demanding a CBI probe into the death, tweeted about it. “CBI it is!!! #JusticeForSushant #CBIEnquiryForSSR #CBIenquiry,” she wrote.
Sushant’s former girlfriend, Ankita Lokhande, expressed her gratitude on social media and wrote,” The moment we’ve all waired for has finally arrived.”
Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, on Tuesday, recommended a CBI investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput with due permission from late actor’s family. “Since the family has given its consent, we are recommending a CBI probe on the FIR which was lodged in Bihar,” Nitish Kumar told NDTV.
Sushant’s death case raised political turmoil between two states, Bihar and Maharashtra, after Sushant’s father filed an FIR in Patna when the case was already under Mumbai Police’s investigation. Many renowned names has been dragged in connection to the death including Maharashtra Chief Minister’s son and Shiv Sena leader, Aaditya Thackeray.
Aaditya, on Tuesday, broke his silence and rubbished all the allegations against him and the Maharashtra government. He slammed the opposition for using someone’s death for political gains and called it “dirty politics”! He said this was coming out of “political despair” as some couldn’t digest the success of the ruling State Government’s efforts in bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control.
“As the grandson of Hinduruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray, I would like to clarify that I won’t get involved in any such matter which will drag down the dignity of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena and the Thackeray family,” he added.
Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra apartment on June 14. The post mortem report revealed the cause of death to be asphyxia due to hanging. However, Sushant’s father suspected foul play in actor’s death and filed a complaint against Rhea Chakraborty for abetment of suicide.
