Published 16:35 IST, June 14th 2020

Sushant Singh Rajput's team issues statement on his death; requests privacy amid grief

Asking for privacy at the moment of grief, late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's publicist on Sunday has issued official statement after actor's suicide

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Asking for privacy at moment of grief, late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's publicist on Sunday has issued an official statement after actor committed suicide. 'Team SSR' has said that y request fans to remember Rajput and celebrate his work.   34-year old actor was found hanging from his Bandra residence on Sunday.

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Team SSR's official statement

"It pains us to share that Sushant Singh Rajput is longer with us. We request his fans to keep him in ir thoughts and celebrate his life, and his work as y have done so far. We request media to help us maintain privacy at this moment of grief," said statement.

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Police: suicide found yet

Mumbai police teams have reached actor's Bandra residence and are probing into suicide.  Sources report that currently statement of domestic help is being taken. As of w, reason of actor's suicide is unkwn as suicide has been found yet, report sources.

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Sources report that some medical prescriptions have been recovered by police. Prima facie, actor's death has been ruled as suicide by hanging. An accidental death report has been registered. domestic help had informed police after spotting actor hanging from ceiling, say sources.

post-mortem of body will be conducted in Cooper / Bhabha hospital. Mumbai DCP is currently at spot as forensic team collects Rajput's belongings from his residence.  Police will soon question Rajput's close friends regarding his suicide.

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Sushant Singh Rajput's career

Sushant Singh Rajput had shot to fame with TV show Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV, produced by Ekta Kapoor. After earning popularity with his role, he made his debut with Kai Po Che, directed by Abhishek Kapoor, an official adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s Three Mistakes of My Life. actor also featured in Kedarnath, in debut of Sara Ali Khan, which was a success. Dangal director Nitesh Tiwari’s Chhichhore in 2019 was among biggest hits of his career. He was last seen in Netflix film Drive and was working on Dil Bechara, adaptation of Fault in Our Stars.

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16:35 IST, June 14th 2020