Patna(Agencies):The
Mumbai Police is assisting the sleuths from Patna visiting the metropolis to
probe the death of Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput, Bihar's Director
General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey said on Saturday, dubbing the
allegations of misbehaviour as "rumours".
Speaking to reporters, he said
the Bihar Police is capable enough to investigate the matter and has recorded
statements of a number of persons.
Our team is camping in Mumbai.
It has already examined and recorded the statement Rajputs close friend Mahesh
Shetty. It also recorded the statement of his ex- girlfriend Ankita Lokhande,
his sister Mitu Singh, cook Ashok, Niraj, and Dr Chavda (Dr Kersi Chavda), who
treated Sushant for depression, Pandey said.
Some more persons will be
examined in connection with the alleged suicide, he added.
Pandey said the Bihar Police
wants all medico-legal evidence related to the case handed over to it,
asserting that it will bring out the truth at the earliest.
A four-member team of the
state police is in Mumbai to probe the suicide after it registered an FIR at
the Rajiv Nagar police station here on July 25 based on a complaint lodged by
Rajput's father KK Singh.
Our team had a meeting with Mumbai's
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) on Friday evening. The DCP assured of
cooperation... Initially, there was some confusion and non-cooperation, Pandey
told reporters here.
Stating that the allegations
of Mumbai Police's misbehaviour with the Bihar Police personnel were
"rumours", Pandey said the local police there helped the sleuths from
the eastern state reach its destinations.
He said that the Mumbai Police
did so as probably it did not want the Bihar Police to encounter the media.
Pandey said the Bihar Police
wants the forensic science laboratory reports, inquest report, post-mortem
report and relevant CCTV footage in order to facilitate the probe.
The Bihar Police also wants
details of those who were examined by the Mumbai Police and what they have said
in their statements, the top police chief said.
Replying to a question, he
said, Why would we ask for a CBI probe. Bihar Police is capable enough for
probing the case. If needed, an IPS-rank officer may be sent to Mumbai to lead
the investigation.
The chorus for a CBI inquiry
into the death, which happened on June 14, is growing with parties cutting
across the political lines in Bihar, demanding that the central investigating
agency take up the case for a fair probe.
The Bihar Police team reached
Mumbai on July 27 and began its probe.
The FIR was lodged under
various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including those pertaining to
abetment of suicide and fraud.
In his FIR, the father accused
actor Rhea Chakraborty, who is said to have been in a relationship with Rajput,
of having used his sons standing in Bollywood to promote her own career, trying
to drive a wedge between him and his family, getting him fed with medicines for
mental illness with the help of conniving doctors and blackmailing him with
threats of making his medical history public to tarnish his public reputation.
The bereaved father has also
alleged that at least Rs 15 crore was withdrawn from his sons bank account to
which Chakraborty and her family members had gained access and that barely a
week before Rajput hung himself to death at his Bandra residence, the actress
had visited his house and stolen his laptop, ATM card and other important
documents.
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