Published 12:23 IST, October 6th 2020

In Sushant case, Ishkaran makes key request to CBI after AIIMS' Dr Gupta's leak disowned

After CBI & AIIMS both disowned selective leaks by Dr Sudhir Gupta, Adv Ishkaran Bhandari has said that the CBI should look into the motivation of leaks

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In Sushant Singh Rajput death case, both Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday dismissed selective leaks by Dr Sudhir Gupta wherein he had claimed "Sushant's death is a case of suicide and murder angle has been completely ruled out." Reacting to this, advocate Ishkaran Singh Bhandari on Tuesday repeated what CBI has said which is that investigation is continuing on all aspects and demanded that  investigating ncy "should look into motivation of leaks."

'CBI should look into motivation of leaks'

Taking to Twitter, Ishkaran wrote, "CBI has disowned & so has AIIMS selective leaks by Dr Sudhir Gupta. investigation is continuing on all aspects, CBI should look into motivation of leaks."

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On Monday, Ishkaran Bhandari requested BJP MP Dr Subramanian Swamy to take cognizance of matter as a member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health. Ishkaran also requested Dr Swamy to summon concerned officials of AIIMS in Sushant Singh Rajput case, which latter said he has recommended.

After Republic Media Network's revelations, CBI confirmed that probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput is still ongoing and that all aspects of investigation are being looked into meticulously, including homicide angle. AIIMS also issued a statement that it has submitted expert opinion report on Rajput's post-mortem to CBI directly. Affirming that it is a legal matter, AIIMS said that any inputs on report by Medical board must be obtained by CBI. mention was made that in any way corroborated what Dr Sudhir Gupta had claimed in his selective leaks.

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AIIMS puts onus on CBI

"A Medical Board was constituted by Dr Sudhir K Gupta, Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi as per request received by him from CBI for providing expert opinion in case relating to death of Sushant Singh Rajput. medical board has submitted report directly to CBI as required. Being a legal matter, any inputs on report submitted by Medical Board would have to be obtained from CBI," read AIIMS statement.

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Various media outlets have concluded that Sushant had committed suicide based on what has selectively been 'ufficially' told to m. se ufficial leaks come after AIIMS team on September 28 submitted its report, based on its analysis of Mumbai police's post-mortem and autopsy report which included photographic evidence.

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ufficial leak by AIIMS expert came in contrast to his previous August 22 conversation with Republic TV where Dr Gupta said that AIIMS medical board was surprised to kw how Mumbai Police allowed crime scene to be “contaminated, leading to possible destruction of evidence.”

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Sudhir Gupta had also said that it would be difficult for AIIMS team to reach to a conclusion and questioned why Mumbai Police had conducted post-mortem in a 'hurried manner'.  Republic Media Network asks Dr Sudhir Gupta, that what has made him change his stand so drastically in past few weeks - in fact, a complete 180-degree U-turn - to allegedly submitting 'conclusive findings' in forensic report.

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12:23 IST, October 6th 2020