New Delhi : In a startling claim, Niraj Singh Babloo, BJP MLA & a relative of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on Tuesday (August 18) claimed that witnesses in Sushant’s case are being threatened. He added that Mumbai Police is not even providing protection to the witnesses. Babloo expressed fear that the witnesses might get killed and demanded that they should be given police protection.
On August 13 (Thursday), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed its reply in the Supreme Court and urged it to let the agency continue its investigation into Sushant’s death case.
The Central probe agency also pleaded before the top court to allow the Enforcement Directorate to continue its probe into the financial angle in the actor’s death case.
The CBI also strongly opposed the petition filed by the Bihar police seeking the court’s direction to investigate the case, according to news agency ANI. ”The main plea taken in the petition and argued is that most of the transactions took place in Mumbai and accordingly Bihar Police has no jurisdiction to investigate the matter,” the CBI said in its reply filed before the Supreme Court.
It added that the petition moved by the Bihar Police is misconceived and fit to be dismissed for many reasons, the central agency stated in its reply.
Earlier, the Maharashtra Police told the top court in its affidavit that the Bihar Police did not have jurisdiction to investigate into the FIR or examine witnesses related to Rajput`s case.
Sushant, 34, was found hanging at his apartment in suburban Bandra on June 14. The Mumbai Police had registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) and an investigation is underway.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recorded the statement of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh in connection with its probe into money laundering aspects of the Bollywood actor’s suicide.
Vikas Singh, a lawyer of Singh told that, “Yes, the ED has recorded the statement of the late actor’s father.”
According to top ED officials, Sushant’s father was questioned about the financial transactions from the bank account of his son. The ED also asked about the fixed deposits of the late actor and other aspects.
The ED action comes almost days after it recorded the statement of several persons, including Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, father Indrajit, Sushant’s CA Sandeep Sridhar, Sushant’s ex-manager and Rhea’s manager Shruti Modi, Rhea’s CA Ritesh Shah, Sushant’s flatmate Siddharth Pithani, house manager Samuel Miranda and other personal staff of the late actor.
The ED has earlier also recorded the statement of the late actor’s sister Meetu Singh in Mumbai.
The ED has registered a case of money laundering on the basis of the Bihar Police FIR filed on the complaint of KK Singh.
In his complaint to the Bihar Police on July 25, Singh had alleged that Rs 15 crore was withdrawn or transferred from his son’s Kotak Mahindra Bank account, following which the ED registered a case under the PMLA against Rhea and her family members on July 31.
