In city to probe Sushant Singh Rajput’s death; team yet to connect with Rhea
Vallabh Ozarkar (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 31, 2020)

On Thursday, a team of Bihar Police, which is in Mumbai to probe the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, visited three banks where the late actor had accounts and has recorded statements of three people including the bank manager. This was to corroborate the allegations made by his father, Krishna Kishore Singh, and sister Mitu Singh, that around Rs 15 crore out of Rs 17 crore have been transferred to different accounts that had no connection with him.

They also dropped in on his former girlfriend, Ankita Lokhande, whose cryptic post, ‘Truth wins’, on Wednesday, after Sushant’s father lodged the FIR in Patna, has gone viral. According to source, they have also recorded the statements of Sushant’s house help and the team in Mumbai is looking into the financial angles to check if there were any irregularities in Sushant’s bank account. Meanwhile the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Patna has written to Bihar police seeking a copy of FIR to review it.

The case registered at Rajiv Nagar Police Station in Patna, Bihar, is against Rhea, her three family members and two others, under Section 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 380 (theft in dwelling house), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 306 (abetment of suicide). Sushant had allegedly killed himself by hanging at his rented apartment in Bandra on June 14.

They have not been able to contact Rhea yet. The actress has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court requesting to transfer the case to Mumbai. Sushant’s father has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court and Bihar Government has decided to do the same.

“The team is working on all the angles and the probe is at preliminary stage right now,” said Vinay Tiwari, Superintendent, Patna Police.