Kangana says Masand 'kept close eye on Sushant's career'; shares alleged 'blind article'

Kangana Ranaut has been in eye of storm on social media ever since she took a stand against nepotism and called out top personalities from film industry including film critic Rajeev Masand in connection with ongoing investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Queen actor in her interview with Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami claimed that late actor had allegedly been maligned and mocked through blind journalism, apart from in or ways.

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Blind articles or items are typically gossip reports where identities of people involved are t revealed. Kangana Ranaut has shared a detailed list of articles, blind items written about Sushant. Kangana's official social media handle on Twitter shared an unverified blind article, which she contended was written by Rajeev Masand, and captioned, "One more blind from Rajeev, he t only kept a close eye on films Sushant singed but also on how much money he got, for an A-lister, it wasn’t a big amount apparently his contemporaries like Varun got paid 40cr for Coolie 1, but level of discrimination #IndiaWantsSushantTruth"

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Sharing a list of blind items film critic Masand allegedly wrote about Sushant, Kangana questioned, "Who were his sources?". She also shared a long thread by a fan who shared articles targetted at Kangana Ranaut. 

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Film critic Rajeev Masand who reached Bandra police station on Tuesday afteron to record his statement in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death left at around 8 PM after concluding interrogation, an official said. 

police were likely to question Masand about ratings and reviews he had given to Rajput's films, official said.  development came days after Kangana Ranaut on her Nation Wants to Kw interview with Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami named Masand as a person who she felt should be summoned in investigation.

Masand was latest in almost three dozen people who have been questioned in Sushant Singh Rajput case, though he is likely first journalist to be summoned. Earlier, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Aditya Chopra - prominent filmmakers had also been questioned.

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