Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Supreme Court orders CBI probe

Mumbai : The CBI will finally take over investigations into Sushant Singh Rajput's death, the Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday, asking the Mumbai police to hand over all evidence it has collected to the CBI. 

The Supreme Court also said the FIR registered in Patna based on a complaint filed by Sushant Singh's father KK Singh was correct and Bihar was competent to ask the CBI to investigate the case.

The SC has asked Maharashtra government to cooperate with the CBI probe and provide all assistance. If any other case was registered in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's death, it would also be probed by the CBI.

The 34-year-old actor was found dead in his Mumbai apartment on June 14. The Mumbai Police said it was suicide and had been investigating whether he was suffering from depression.

A month later, Sushant Singh Rajput's father KK Singh filed a case in Bihar accusing Rhea Chakraborty and her family of cheating his son financially and mentally harassing him. The complaint led to investigations by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate [ED] into the actor's financial status and his father's complaint that crores were taken out of his account.

Rhea Chakraborty, went to the Supreme Court asking that the Bihar case, which was taken over by the CBI, be transferred to Mumbai. The 28-year-old actor called Sushant Singh's father's allegations as total nonsense. In her court arguments, she had said the move to replace the Mumbai Police investigation had become about politics ahead of the Bihar election.

Soon after the court order, reactions poured in. "We welcome the decision of Supreme Court to allow CBI to continue with its probe of Sushant death case on the basis of FIR filed in Bihar. Our stand vindicated," tweeted Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi.