Published 21:51 IST, August 23rd 2020

Sushant's death probe: CBI makes rapid advancements; likely to interrogate Rhea next

Just two days after landing in Mumbai, the CBI team has made rapid advancements in the death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput

Reported by: Jitesh Vachhatani
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Just two days after landing in Mumbai, CBI team has made rapid advancements in death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. CBI team arrived in Mumbai on Thursday evening after getting Supreme Court's green signal in matter. Swiftly moving forward, team of investigating ncy in Mumbai is likely to summon key-accused Rhea Chakraborty and Sandip Ssingh for interrogation next. 

CBI probe so far

Soon after arriving in Mumbai on Thursday, CBI team split into 5 - one to investigate forensics and or to co-ordinate with Mumbai Police for evidence. Officials probed Sushant’s manr Samuel Miranda and also interrogated late actor's cook Neeraj. Officials n headed towards Cooper Hospital - where Sushant's post-mortem was conducted - and recorded statements of doctors who performed autopsy. 

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CBI also sought help of AIIMS forensic team to analyze Sushant Singh Rajput case reports and give medico-legal opinion. Officials also visited late actor's residence in Bandra along with Samuel Miranda and cook Neeraj to re-create crime scene. After re-creating crime scene, CBI recorded Sushant's flatmate Siddharth Pithani and cook Neeraj's statements, which did t match and hence, y are likely to be summoned again. 

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On Sunday, CBI visited Waterstone Resort in Mumbai, where Sushant had lived with Rhea's family last year. officers, however, were t allowed, so y left venue. Next, officials grilled Sushant's landlord and psychiatrist Dr Kesri Chavda. CBI called landlord to ir headquarters at BKC, while ar team landed at Hinduja hospital to question doctor. At same time, ar team was present at SSR's residence in Bandra.

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CBI team, on Sunday, for second consecutive day arrived at Sushant's residence, along with Siddharth Pithani, Dipesh Sawant and Neeraj. officers were accompanied by forensic and medical teams. y were also seen recording photos and videos at venue. Officials were seen leaving late actor's Bandra residence almost after three hours of recording of evidence on Sunday. Earlier on Sunday evening, a team of CBI officials was also seen at Bandra police station, as Supreme Court asked Mumbai Police to co-operate with CBI in case.   

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independent investigating ncy had registered an FIR after Centre had approved Bihar government's proposal. FIR registered by CBI has named 6 persons in total including Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty. case has been registered under IPC 341, 342, 380, 406, 420, 306, 506 and 120 B. Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Yadav has been named as Investigating Officer (IO) in case.

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ors named in FIR are Rhea Chakraborty's family members, Indrajit Chakraborty, Sandhya Chakraborty and Showik Chakraborty. Apart from se, Sushant's home staff manr Samuel Miranda and Shruti Modi have also been named in FIR.

21:51 IST, August 23rd 2020