Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on June 14. (Photo: Sushant Singh Rajput/Facebook)The Sushant Singh Rajput case has taken a new turn as the investigation by the CBI has revealed that the late actor’s sister Priyanka had recommended medicines for anxiety and got him a prescription for these medicines from a cardiologist at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi.
So far, Sushant’s family has claimed that they didn’t know about the actor’s mental illness. They have also accused his partner, Rhea Chakraborty, of administering him overdoses of medicines.
The investigation has, however, revealed that Priyanka messaged Sushant a prescription on June 8 early morning and also asked him to keep a particular medicine “handy in case of an anxiety attack.”
The CBI has so far interrogated Rhea Chakraborty, her parents and brother Showik Chakraborty, Sushant’s flatmate Siddharth Pithani and his house staff.
The CBI took over the probe on August 19 after the Supreme Court ordered its enquiry into the case while pronouncing a judgement in Rhea’s plea to transfer the Patna FIR filed in Sushant’s death to Mumbai.
Last week, Rhea Chakraborty finally broke her silence about her relationship with Sushant Singh Rajput and his mental health. Speaking to various news channels, Rhea said that she learnt about Sushant’s depression during their Europe trip in October 2019. She also shared that the actor’s family wasn’t with him in his time of need.
Eight former top police officers of Maharashtra, including the ex Director General of Police (DGP) of Maharashtra and former commissioners of Mumbai Police have moved a public interest litigation (PIL) before the Bombay High Court seeking restraining orders against ‘media trial’ in the Sushant Singh Rajput Death case.
The PIL stated, “A section of TV Channels has been trying to influence the course of investigation being done by Central Agencies through their biased reporting and false propaganda. This has created an air of suspicion in the minds of the general public as to the facts of the case under investigation and also about the Mumbai Police, health services and other support services of the state.”
Sushant Singh Rajput's family's lawyer Vikas Singh in his press conference today said, "A malicious campaign being run by few channels to defame family to benefit actress Rhea Chakraborty."
Rhea Chakraborty's friends and colleagues from Bollywoo have begun showing solidarity towards her in the Sushant Singh Rajput case.
#SushantSinghRajput death case: Varun Mathur, a friend and business partner of the late actor in a firm, called for questioning by Enforcement Directorate (ED) today in Mumbai. https://t.co/GvTxf19DHI pic.twitter.com/FKeXWTlQuK— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2020ED has earlier questioned Rhea Chakraborty, her brother and Sushant's flatmate Siddharth Pithani.
#SushantSinghRajput death case: Rhea Chakraborty's father Indrajeet Chakraborty reaches DRDO Guest House, where CBI team investigating the case, is staying. #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/P5dPF5HAcN— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2020This is the second consecutive day that Rhea Chakraborty's father has been called by CBI for questioning.
Vidya Balan and Taapsee Pannu have also spoken against villification of Rhea Chakraborty.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested two persons from Mumbai on Wednesday for allegedly supplying drugs to Samuel Miranda, actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s house manager, who used to pass them on to actor Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik. Abdul Basit Parihar from Bandra and Zaid Vilatra from Andheri were arrested on the basis of some chats they found between Showik and Miranda. The two accused were produced before a local court for police custody.
When Indian Express contacted Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde regarding statements of two of Sushant's sisters and one brother-in-law, he said, “The family knew about Sushant’s condition since the beginning. They have deliberately chosen to make false statements, before the Bihar police and even the courts. If Rhea had anything to do with the incident, why didn’t they make these allegations in the beginning. The truth is coming out now. Those who make false statements before courts should be prosecuted.”
In 2013, Sushant Singh Rajput's brother-in-law Siddharth Tanwar said, Rajput visited them at their house in Delhi. At that time, his film Shuddh Desi Romance was scheduled to release. “He told me he was totally satisfied on seeing his posters everywhere and he didn’t want to work in films anymore. I made him understand that in life, everyone has to do some work. After that he started working in films again,” he said in his statement to the Mumbai police.
THE CBI is in possession of at least three statements by Sushant Singh Rajput’s family members — shortly after his death — in which they flag his mental health. Two of them said the actor had been “feeling low” since 2013 and had sought psychiatric help that year and another statement said he wanted to leave films in 2013.
The statements, by two of Rajput’s four sisters, Priyanka Tanwar and Nitu Singh, and a brother-in-law, Siddharth Tanwar, were given to the Mumbai Police two days after his death on June 14. In his statement, Siddharth also said he felt that the actor committed suicide due to “anxiety and depression”, and there was no one he suspected or had any complaint against in this regard.