Sushant's flatmate Samuel surfaces; says 'Siddharth Pithani closer to Rhea than me'

After Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's friend Smita revealed on Republic TV's Debate on Saturday that late actor had ar roommate - Samuel Haokip - false reports of his death started making rounds on Internet. However, ar one of Sushant's close friends Kushal Zaveri, a filmmaker as stated on his Instagram bio, has reassured ir followers by posting a te in his latest Instagram update that Samuel Haokip is safe and secure.

n, Samuel Haokip conducted a live Instagram session to interact with his fans and revealed that ir venture, Pro team, designed to help Sushant achieve his dreams, is w inactive. Furr, he said that Siddharth Pithani, his or roommate had been closer to Rhea Chakraborty than him (Samuel). He also revealed that he had only been Sushant's roommate until last year and he thanked his followers asking him to support Sushant's case.

Samuel Haokip also exclaimed that he believed in karma and is doing everything necessary to help authorities come up with a fair report on Sushant's death. Samuel, along with Kushal Zaveri, Siddharth Gupta and Dipesh, had allegedly formed 'Pro Team' to help Sushant's career. He also revealed that re is ar 'Samuel' - Samuel Miranda who was Sushant's housekeeping manr.

On Saturday evening, Sushant Singh Rajput's friend Smita in interaction with Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami claimed that actor was 'scared for his life' after Disha Salian's (Sushant's ex-manr) death.

While Smita rubbished Rhea Chakraborty and Siddharth Pithani's ory on Sushant's depression, she also raised a question about ar friend of Sushant — Samuel Haokip. Smita told Republic TV on 9 PM debate, "re was also one more person — Samuel Haokip, who was staying with Sushant throughout. He used to handle all artificial intelligence work he was doing. Where is he?"

"Also his manr Shruti has same ory as Rhea and Siddharth Pithani. Why are only se three people talking about se things? In April, Sushant texted a friend saying he was in touch with scientists and doctors to fight COVID-19. He was attending Zoom calls for same. He wasn't dull. A man who was working on techlogy to fight COVID-19 in April suddenly dies in June. He was excited about his plans," Smita told Republic TV.

Siddharth Pithani had surfaced on Friday evening, making a number of claims and becoming subject of even more. He admitted he was giving Sushant two tablets per day, though he couldn't specify what y were for, while he was also alleged to have brought down Sushant's body and placed it on floor of his room after opening it to find that Sushant had allegedly hanged himself. Rhea Chakraborty had also uploaded at least 2 photos on her Instagram where she had credited Pithani.