'A very small price to pay,' says actor Sushant Singh after stepping down from Savdhaan India show

Actor Sushant Singh, the host of Savdhaan India, a television series that documents crimes across the country, has announced the end of his stint with the show on the Star TV network.

While there has been no word from the actor or from the Star TV network on the reason for his stepping down, Sushant Singh's tweet hinted that the decision was prompted by his participation in a protest in Mumbai against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the brutal police action against students of the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi.

The actor tweeted a cryptic "And, my stint with Savdhaan India has ended" early on Tuesday. 

Sushant Singh, who has been part of political films like Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000) and The Legend Of Bhagat Singh (2002), was among several Hindi film personalities who spoke up against the CAA. Sushant Singh, who is general secretary of the Cine and TV Artistes Association (CINTAA), participated in a protest at the Mumbai university to show his solidarity with the Jamia students.

The announcement of Sushant Singh's departure from the show, a day after his appearance at the protest, raised several questions. These were fuelled further by the actor's crisp answer to a question on his timeline. 

When a supporter asked if his removal was the "price for speaking the truth", Sushant Singh simply said, "A very small price."