Shiv Sena force-fits political spin in Sushant death probe; fires low jibe at Bihar Police

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut in party's mouthpiece Saamna lashed out against Bihar Police investigation in Mumbai claiming that y had business interfering with Mumbai Police investigation of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's alleged suicide. He dismissed Bihar Police's intervention asking 'if y think y're Interpol' and called it an act of undermining Mumbai Police's abilities. 

Raut criticized politicization of Sushant Singh Rajput's death case - though a closer inspection reveals that only ones politicising it are Shiv Sena itself - and called it an obvious suicide case in editorial on Sunday and said that including Bihar Police and CBI is condemnable and an insult to Maharashtra state government. He claimed, "If Bihar Police had a different angle on case, y could have discussed it with Mumbai Police. It is wrong to think that only Bihar Police and CBI will be able to unravel truth. It is everyone's right to kw truth."

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Shiv Sena leader also spoke in defense of BMC highlighting that  Bihar Police official's institutional quarantine was in accordance with guidelines for COVID-19 and in everyone's interest. He also attacked Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey by revealing his failure to join politics and called his involvement in Sushant's case "a joke". Raut has also attempted to blame Republic TV claiming that an obvious suicide case has been politicized - this despite Maharashtra government's conduct coming under question even in Supreme Court and Mumbai probes into Sushant death and also Disha Salian's reeking of laxity.

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'Steps by Bihar govt taken in view of polls': Sanjay Raut

Earlier last week, Raut had also opined on Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's d to CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case claiming that all steps by Bihar government are being taken in light of polls in state. Terming Bihar Police's investigation as 'interference', Raut had said that Sushant was just born in Patna, he achieved everything in Maharashtra and hence it makes sense for Mumbai Police to probe his death.

Moreover, Raut said that once elections in Bihar are over, government and leaders will forget about Sushant and his family. "y are only doing politics for Bihar elections. Once polls are over in Bihar, y will forget Sushant Singh Rajput and his family," Shiv Sena's spinmaster had added. 

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It is table that Shiv Sena, through its editorial and interactions with media over last few days, has seemingly chalked out more political angles in Sushant Singh Rajput death case than any or ncy. Republic TV, on or hand, has been striving for justice through many explosive revelations uncovered by its SIT in actor's death case.

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