Bihar min slams Uddhav govt; asks why other 4 other Sushant case cops weren't quarantined

After Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday refused to comment on forcible quarantine of Bihar police's top cop who had reached Mumbai to investigate into death of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Bihar Minister and JDU leader Sanjay Jha said that four Bihar police officers are already in Mumbai and y also went re on a flight but were t quarantined.

'We condemn this'

"We sent an IPS officer to speed up probe but he was quarantined when he started his investigation," Sanjay Jha told ANI.  Taking to Twitter Bihar Minister said, "In what seems like an act of exasperation, BMC forcibly puts Bihar IPS Vinay Tiwari in 'quarantine'. We condemn this. We urge Uddhav Thackeray that Sushant Singh Rajput death case be investigated with all due process and Bihar Police allowed to conduct a fair investigation."

In ar tweet, Jha claimed that Mumbai Police was "well aware" of visit of Bihar's senior IPS officer. "We demand that obstructions t be allowed in our pursuit of justice. Such obstacles defy rms of cooperative federalism and is akin to an assault on Indian jurisprudence," he said.

'It is t political'

Earlier in day, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hit out at Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government after BMC "forcibly quarantined" IPS Vinay Tiwari after he arrived in Mumbai to lead a team of Bihar police probing death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Speaking to reporters, Bihar CM said, "Whatever happened to him is t right. It is t political and  Bihar Police is carrying out its duty. Our DGP will speak to m." Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey also said that he is trying to get in touch with his Maharashtra counterpart.

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'Quarantined as per present guidelines...'

However, BMC has pinned its action on Maharashtra government's instructions, as per sources. BMC sources said that civic body was just following quarantine guidelines. "BMC officers were informed about Patna Officer's arrival to Mumbai so as per Maharashtra Government's instructions, we quarantined him," sources in civic body told Republic TV. However, Bihar Police team who came to Mumbai last week to probe case has t been quarantined by BMC yet but sources said that BMC may do so.

Last month, Rajput's far lodged an FIR in Patna for abetment to suicide naming actress Rhea Chakraborty, ex-girlfriend of  Patna-born actor, and her family members as accused. Tiwari was posted as City SP (East) in Patna. 

Meanwhile, Republic TV has also led an in-depth and extensive cover of events related to Sushant’s death. channel uneard numerous details like expenses made by Sushant for Rhea, apart from exclusive interviews of Ankita Lokhande, Sushant’s family lawyer, his trainer, bodyguard, flatmate and friends.

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