V Narayan (THE TIMES OF INDIA; July 8, 2020)

Mumbai: The Bandra police probing Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide have contacted Twitter India seeking information on the source of the three suspected fake tweets that were allegedly posted by the actor hours before his death on June 14.

The action came after screenshots of the tweets went viral on social media. One of tweets mention that all posts will be deleted soon and that the actor was “done with mediocre success”, while another it appears that he was posting a suicide note.

The Bandra police have also sought details of tweets that Rajput may have posted and deleted in the last six months. Zonal DCP Abhishek Trimukhe said the Mumbai Police is awaiting a response from Twitter.

The police have also seized the CCTV recordings of the Mount Blanc building where Rajput lived. A police officer rubbished the allegation that the Bandra’s building’s CCTV camera was non-operational on the day the actor had died.

On June 25, TOI had reported that Rajput’s Twitter handle was inactive since December 27, 2019, when he had tweeted: “Right from exploring the local tourist attractions to experiencing the culture from a closer lens, it was just perfect! And what made it better was to get up to 5% cashback every-time I swiped my bank cards.”

However, recently social media has been abuzz with screenshots of three tweets that had been allegedly posted on the actor’s handle on June 14 around 5.43am, a few hours before his death.

The police have recorded 34 statements in this case so far, including filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, his staff members, family members and also officials of a production house. They plan to re-record the statements of his family members, said sources. The police are awaiting the forensic test report.