KK Singh, father of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has requested Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to order a Central Bureau of Investigation investigation in the case related to his son’s mysterious death. Following which, the Bihar Government has also recommended the CBI take over the case.
Nitish had earlier stated if Sushant’s family wants he would recommend CBI investigation into the case.
Meanwhile, the hearing in PIL filed in Bombay High Court, seeking transfer of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, has been postponed due to heavy rains in Mumbai.
Earlier Singh spoke to the Bihar CM and put forth his request for the CBI to investigate the matter.
His request comes as an official of the Bihar Police, Patna (Central) Superintendent of Police Vinay Tiwari was home quarantined in Mumbai, where he had gone to take part in investigations, by the Brihannmumbai Municipal Corporation staff.
Earlier, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan had also requested the Bihar CM to transfer the case to CBI without further delay. Paswan said that LJP leaders, related to the late actor, had informed him that on August 5 the Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking transfer of the case from Bihar to Mumbai.
“They said that the opportunity to transfer the case filed in Bihar to CBI is with you today. Because today both Bihar and Maharashtra police are investigating the case, but if the probe is handed over to the Maharashtra government then the opportunity of transferring it to the CBI will slip out of the hands of the Bihar government,” the letter written by the LJP national chief to Kumar read.
Earlier, KK Singh had revealed that he had filed a complaint with Mumbai police in February claiming his son’s life was in danger. The revelation came as he filed an FIR with Patna police, alleging Mumbai police of inaction even after 40 days of the actor’s sudden death.Order CBI investigation in Sushant’s death case, late actor’s father requests Nitish Kumar.
Reacting to the Bihar government move to hand over the case to CBI , Satish Maneshinde, Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer sai to ANI:” There can’t be transfer of a case which had no legal basis for Bihar to get involved. At most, it would be a ‘Zero FIR’ transferable to Mumbai Police. Transfer of a case,on which they had no jurisdiction, to CBI has no legal sanctity.”
