Mumbai: The CBI has said there was no need for Rhea Chakraborty or Mumbai police to register a separate FIR against the sisters of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and the doctor, when the agency was “meticulously” investigating his death. The FIR, against Priyanka and Mitu Singh, sisters of Sushant Singh, and a doctor is “not valid in law” said the CBI. “Registration of second FIR concerning same circumstances is barred in law,” since it is probing an abetment of suicide case, said the CBI.

The sisters have sought the quashing of the FIR, registered at Bandra police station on Rhea’s complaint that they allegedly procured fake prescription of psychotropic drugs without consultation for their brother. The CBI in its reply to the sisters’ petition agreed that the FIR against them is “based on conjectures and surmises” of Rhea. The CBI requested the HC to pass “orders as deemed fit in interest of justice” after submitting that “if allegations in the FIR prima facie do not constitute an offence, it can be quashed”. The FIR against the sisters contain “mostly presumptive and speculative” allegations said CBI.

The allegations made by Rhea in the FIR “could have been well looked into during the ongoing CBI investigation”, said the Central agency. It said she could have “directly shared with CBI” any information regarding death of Sushant Singh; “however, they chose to register a separate FIR”.