Bihar’s government recommended a CBI investigation Tuesday to investigate the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, JDU spokesman Sanjay Singh said. (File photo)
The Bihar government on Tuesday recommended the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar told the news agency AND ME: “The DGP spoke to Sushant Singh Rajput’s father this morning and gave his consent for the CBI investigation. So now, we are recommending CBI’s investigation into the matter. ”
Bihar police, meanwhile, recorded the statement by Rajput’s friend and creative content manager Siddharth Pithani regarding the actor’s death, PTI He quoted an official as saying.
Bihar police also recorded that statement from Rajput manager Deepesh Sawant, the official said, adding that so far 10 people have been recorded. They had previously recorded statements from Rajput’s sister, ex-girlfriend Ankita Lokhande, director Rumi Jaffrey, her cook, friends and doctor, the official said.
A team from the Bihar police are in Mumbai to investigate Rajput’s death after his father filed a complaint in Patna against his friend Rhea Chakraborty and other family members who allegedly collaborated in his suicide.
The investigation into the actor’s death became a Mumbai Police versus Bihar Police row on Monday, with Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari, alleging that he was “selectively quarantined” until August 15 after his arrival in Mumbai on Sunday. Tiwari, Superintendent of Police, Patna City (Central), was sent to Mumbai to monitor the investigation by a team from the Bihar Police, which is investigating a “suicide instigation” case based on a complaint filed by the father of the actor in Patna for the last time. week.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had said that while he was unable to comment on the quarantined agent as it was a BMC problem, according to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Mumbai police have jurisdiction to investigate the case.
“The law is very clear about it. Every time a recognizable crime is recorded, the local police are required to record it. However, if the crime scene is not under that police, a zero FIR is recorded and the case is transferred to the police station under which the incident occurred. The Bihar police team approached us saying they wanted some documents related to the case. We do not know how you can investigate a case outside of your jurisdiction … we are taking a legal opinion … when we receive a complaint from another state, record it and transfer it to that state. We didn’t investigate it… ”Singh had said.
“Since the crime scene is outside their jurisdiction, we have asked the Bihar police for clarification on which section and provision they want to investigate the case in,” Singh added.
An attorney representing Rhea said the Bihar government recommending the case to CBI is not legally sanctified, as its state police have no jurisdiction over the case.
“You cannot transfer a case that had no legal basis for Bihar to get involved. At most, it would be an ‘FIR Zero’ transferable to the Mumbai Police. The transfer of a case, over which they had no jurisdiction, to CBI it has no legal sanctity, “said lawyer Satish Maneshinde AND ME.
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