BOMBAY TIMES (July 27, 2020)

The latest Bollywood celebrities to be summoned by Mumbai Police in the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case are actress Kangana Ranaut and Apoorva Mehta, CEO of Dharma Productions (Karan Johar’s production house). Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt will be summoned, too. This was announced by Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Sunday afternoon.

“Mahesh Bhatt’s statement will be taken. Kangana Ranaut has also been summoned. Whoever is needed, we will summon,” Deshmukh told the media. On being asked if Johar himself would be summoned, the minister replied, “Karan Johar’s manager has been summoned, and if needed we will summon Karan Johar as well.” News reports later verified it was Mehta, CEO of Johar’s production house, who had been summoned recently. The statement of Johar’s manager, Reshma Shetty, has been recorded earlier.