Sushant's family lawyer reacts to data deletion charge, says ‘establishes a conspiracy’

Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh has called for the suspension of Mumbai Police Commissioner and Bandra DCP after it was reported that Siddharth Pithani, Dipesh Sawant, and Samuel Miranda have confessed to the CBI eight hard-disks worth of data was cleaned out by a mystery group around the time when Disha Salian died and Rhea left Sushant’s house.

Reacting on the big revelation, Vikas Singh told ANI: "If this is true then this clearly establishes there was a conspiracy to kill Sushant Singh Rajput. I think there's something very sinister in this entire episode and it appears that there is the involvement of some big people in the case. The first thing that should happen is the suspension of the Mumbai Commissioner of Police and DCP of that area (Bandra)."

CBI sources have claimed that the trio confessed to a colossal amount of data being deleted from laptops, computers and other devices at Sushant Singh Rajput's residence around the time period when Disha Salian passed away and around the time Rhea Chakraborty left Sushant's house. Sources inform that the confession by prime witnesses — Siddharth Pithani, Dipesh Sawant, and Samuel Miranda — raises questions on the suicide narrative that has been spread so far.

Siddharth Pithani, Dipesh Sawant, and cook Neeraj reached the DRDO house on Wednesday as they faced questioning for the fifth straight day since the central agency took over the probe.

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4 technical lapses found by CBI

As the CBI's investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput paces with break-neck speed, sources on Wednesday reported that the central agency has found out multiple technical lapses in the Mumbai Police's investigation. According to sources, one of the prime lapses in the Mumbai Police's investigation was its 'irrelevant summons' to multiple people from the industry which led to a colossal waste of time and possibly a crucial loss of evidence during the early days following Sushant's demise.  

According to the sources, the CBI is also probing whether some leniency was shown to a few people and they were not arrested or examined by Mumbai Police. It is not mentioned who the Mumbai Police was allegedly showing leniency to. However, self-proclaimed friend Sandip Ssingh, who's role is increasingly emerging during the CBI probe, was not summoned by the Mumbai Police during the course of their investigation.

Top sources in the investigating agency informed Republic Media Network that the probe team has found that certain procedures like maintaining the "sanctity of the crime scene" were not followed as many people were allowed to enter the crime scene. The CBI has made multiple visits to Cooper Hospital as they are not convinced with the autopsy report of the late actor and has found some lapses there too, sources said. The Mumbai Police spent a large amount of time in probing professional rivalry but however, whether there was a foul play in the actor's death was not the key focus of the probe, sources added. 

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