CBI closes actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case, clears Rhea NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Four-and-a half years after it began probing the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput , the CBI is learned to have closed the case and given a clean chit to actor Rhea Chakraborty , bringing curtains on a case that had gripped the country, reports Rajshekhar Jha. Rajput was found dead at his Bandra flat on June 14, 2020. The probe agency is learned to have filed a closure report in two of the cases it was investigating, sources said.
While one case was filed in Aug 2021 in Patna by Rajput's father against Rhea, her kin and others, the other was filed in Sept by Rhea against Rajput's sister and doctor. CBI closure reports in 2 cases tied to Rajput death filed in Patna, Mumbai The closure report in both was filed in a special Mumbai court, sources said. Rhea's lawyer Satish Maneshinde said, "Rhea Chakraborty had to undergo untold miseries and was behind bars for 27 days for no fault of hers until Justice Sarang V Kotwal released her on bail.
I salute her and her family for having kept silent and yet suffered the inhuman treatment they were meted out. Innocent people were hounded and paraded before the media and investigative authorities. I hope this does not repeat in any case.
" Rajput was found dead 6 days after his PR manager Disha Salian fell off the 14th floor of a Malad tower and died. Rajput was found dead at his Bandra apartment on June 14, 2020, six days after his PR manager Disha Salian died.
