Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde has welcomed Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh’s appeal to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to publicly disclose the report of its investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who died of suicide in June this year.
Deshmukh said earlier this week in a statement, “The people of Maharashtra and the country are eagerly waiting for the CBI’s report on its investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. People ask me about the status of the case. I request the CBI to reveal whether it was a suicide or murder. Five to six months have passed since the case was handed over to the CBI. Hence, the agency should make its report public as soon as possible to clarify whether it was suicide or murder.”
Chakraborty, who was Rajput’s girlfriend, was accused of abetment to suicide and theft and was eventually arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with the case's alleged drug angle.
Maneshinde said in a statement, “I welcome the statement of Shri Anil Deshmukh, home minister, government of Maharashtra, calling for the CBI to make the report public in the case of death of Sushant Singh Rajput. A hue and cry was made when the Mumbai police took about two months into the investigations and the report remained to be made public (sic).”
It was noted that an FIR making false allegations against Chakraborty and her family was filed in Patna in July 2020. "The Mumbai police, ED [Enforcement Directorate], NCB, CBI and Patna Police have conducted investigations against Rhea. She was arrested in a bogus case with no evidence by the NCB. She was harassed by various agencies and remained in custody for almost a month till the Bombay high court released her on Bail,” the statement read.
Maneshinde also urged the CBI to come out with its findings so as to provide closure. “It is more than six months since SSR died. I have always said that the truth will remain the same whoever investigates the case. Whatever may be the circumstances, the CBI should come out with its findings after four months of investigations by the premier investigating agency of the country. It is high time that there is a closure to this sad event,” he said.