Sushant Singh Rajput's uncle alleges plot: 'Police must probe, don't think it was suicide'

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging in his Bandra apartment on Sunday, sending shockwaves rippling through Hindi film industry and elsewhere. "Actor Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide at his Bandra residence by hanging himself in Mumbai on Sunday," Additional Commissioner of Police Dr Maj Sharma confirmed.

'Police must investigate matter'

However, suicide te has been recovered from Rajput's residence, as per police. Meanwhile, his maternal uncle speaking to news ncy ANI on Sunday outside actor's residence in Patna alleged that Sushant has been "murdered" and demanded a thorough police investigation in matter.

"We don’t think he committed suicide, police must investigate matter. re seems to be a conspiracy behind his death. He has been murdered," he said. 

Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav, on Sunday, claimed that Rajput could t have committed suicide. He said that with loss of 34-year-old actor, Bihar had faced a major loss. In spite of Mumbai police confirming foul play in its investigation thus far, Yadav claimed 'deeper conspiracy' into Rajput's suicide.

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"re should be a CBI probe at all costs. As much as I kw Sushant Ji, half of his family is from Purnia and or half is from Chautham. He was such a Karma yogi and that man had struggled from bottom to make Bihar proud. My son, who is a Ranji player called me in shock saying 'How could this happen?'," he said.

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He added, "I request Indian government to look into matter. re seems to be a deeper conspiracy. Sushant cant commit suicide." ex-RJD MLA also met with Sushant Rajput's parents at his Patna residence. Condoling loss of ir son, he said, "His far has lost everything. He had a son after four daughters. His loss is a great loss for Bihar".

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As per latest information, a postmortem of actor's body has been conducted but report will be released today at 10 am. According to sources, postmortem has been concluded in Cooper Hospital and it has confirmed that death was viua suicide. A toxicology check is also being conducted.

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Sushant Singh Rajput's career

Rajput had shot to fame with TV show Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV, produced by Ekta Kapoor in 2009.  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 n gave several hit performances with Chhichhore in 2019 - his biggest career hit.  He was last seen in Netflix film Drive and was working on Dil Bechara, adaptation of Fault in Our Stars.

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(With ncy inputs)