Almost like an endless day by day cleaning soap, the so-called ‘thriller over the demise of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput continues, because it stays unsolved a yr after he was discovered useless in his Mumbai residence.
On June 14, 2020, on the peak of pandemic induced lockdown, Sushant, 34, the person who moved audiences with films like “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story” (2016), “Kedarnath” (2018) and “Chhichhore” (2019), was allegedly found hanging from a ceiling fan at his rented residence in Mont Blanc Apartments, triggering one of many greatest controversies in Bollywood in recent times.
Soon, it erupted right into a political dogfight involving the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra, plus the then poll-bound Bihar regime and the Centre.
Multiple probe companies like Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), jumped into the cauldron that reeked of a riveting Bollywood potboiler — intrigues, oodles of affection, girlfriends, ‘dhokha’ (deceit), medicine, hints of lesbianism, alleged huge cash rip-off, nefarious hyperlinks, et al.
A yr later, the social media is overflowing with fan reminiscences, obits, tributes and calls for for justice, because the ruling MVA allies Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress leaders slam the CBI and the Centre.
Shiv Sena Spokesperson and MP Priyanka Chaturvedi stated the Sushant episode was not a couple of probe into what went unsuitable, however was extra about “hounding the (MVA) government, casting aspersions, launching a smear campaign” as lots of tales have turned out to be pretend.
NCP National Spokespserson and Minister Nawab Malik termed it as “a conspiracy hatched” to discredit the Maharashtra authorities, and demanded that if Sushant didn’t commit suicide, then the CBI ought to reveal who’s his killer.
“It has been 310 days since the CBI started probing and 250 days since an AIIMS panel ruled out murder. When will the agency declare the final conclusion? Why has CBI kept the lid on it? CBI is under immense pressure from its political bosses,” stated Congress State Spokesperson Sachin Sawant.
“After a year, nobody knows what happened to the CBI probe. This was not for justice to Sushant, but to target the government on an issue which was clearly an open-and-shut case,” stated Chaturvedi sharply.
“The Mumbai Police was investigating Sushant’s suicide case, but for political reasons, the Bihar government lodged the case and handed it over to the CBI. Now, the CBI should reveal who killed him,” Malik stated.
Sawant added: “The BJP government at the Centre is using CBI, ED, NIA as political weapons to target and defame the MVA, these agencies are no more independent — but truth always prevails.”
The Bandra police had lodged an unintentional demise report within the case, however after the primary data report registered by Sushant’s father, Krishna Kishore Singh in Patna, the Bihar authorities sought a CBI probe, which was ordered by the Supreme Court.
On August 19, 2020, the CBI formally took over the case investigation, then the ED entered to probe the monetary angles, adopted by the NCB to unravel the medicine angle.
Sushant’s household squarely blamed his live-in companion and actress Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and different associates or aides, resulting in the arrest of round 33 individuals by the NCB.
As the CBI-ED probes appear to have light within the background, the NCB marched on relentlessly, ostensibly to “uproot the drugs citadel” in Mumbai, particularly Bollywood and lots of of its high-profile gamers.
The CBI recorded statements of Sushant’s members of the family and different witnesses, whereas Rhea contended that the late actor used to take medicine and was being handled for sure psychological well being points.
Revelling within the recent exposes nearly day by day, like a TV cleaning soap, the BJP state leaders spared no alternative to take jabs at Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son and Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray.
Later, within the Bihar elections, Sushant’s demise proved to be a political windfall and AIIMS, New Delhi, dominated out any foul play, concurring that he died by hanging.
Now, the ball is within the CBI courtroom to attract the curtains for the ultimate phrase on Sushant’s finish.
