Vijay V Singh (THE TIMES OF INDIA; August 26, 2020)

Mumbai: CBI on Tuesday questioned late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s chartered accountant (CA) Sandeep Sridhar. The agency also summoned the Bandra police inspector and a sub-inspector, who had probed the actor’s alleged suicide, for questioning. However, one of the officers is recovering from Coronavirus and another is in quarantine. The CBI has collected most of the relevant material from the Bandra police for examination, including Rajput’s mobile phones, laptop, and his diary.

The agency continued questioning Rajput’s friend Siddharth Pithani, and his staff members Neeraj Singh, Deepesh Sawant and Keshav Bachner. The four were in the apartment when the alleged suicide took place. They had called a locksmith to break open Rajput’s room. On Tuesday, the CBI again visited Cooper Hospital and questioned the doctors who conducted the post-mortem. A CBI official also visited the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is conducting a money laundering investigation in connection with the actor’s death. The ED had examined Rhea, her family members and Rajput’s staff members as part of the probe.

ED officials claimed to have found some information not relevant to the money laundering probe while examining some of their cellphones. The officials said they have passed it on to the agencies concerned to decide if the same should be pursued.

Rajput was found dead in his apartment at Bandra (West) on June 14 and his family members have accused Rhea, her family and close associates. They have also alleged Rs 15 crore was siphoned off from the actor’s account, which the ED is probing.