Dhananjay Mahapatra (THE TIMES OF INDIA; August 6, 2020)

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday accepted the Bihar government’s recommendation for a CBI probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput even as the Supreme Court sought details of Mumbai Police’s investigation so far to determine whether it has done a professional job.

“In a matter like this, involving the unfortunate death of a very gifted and talented actor under circumstances which are unusual, it is to be investigated whether criminality is involved. When some high-profile person of the cinema world dies in such circumstances, everyone has an opinion. The court will go by what the law says. Let the Maharashtra government show details of the probe. Till the next hearing, we will expect everyone to have a hands-off approach,” Justice Hrishikesh Roy said.

He also disapproved quarantining of a Bihar police officer by Maharashtra government as “not a good signal”.