Mumbai: The special CBI Magistrate court has issued summons to actress Rhea Chakraborty, seeking her reply to the closure report filed by the CBI on her complaint against Sushant Singh Rajput’s sisters Priyanka and Meetu Singh and Dr Tarun Kumar of New Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
The CBI has closed the case for want of evidence. The CBI has also closed the case filed by Sushant’s father in Patna. The CBI had in March filed its closure report in the case before a Bandra Magistrate court. The notice was issued after the case was transferred from the Metropolitan Magistrate court, Bandra to special CBI magistrate court on the request of the CBI.
The special CBI magistrate is likely to hear the actress and the prosecution on closure of the case on August 12. Sushant was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment in suburban Bandra in Mumbai on June 14, 2020. After the actor’s death, his family made several allegations and so did Rhea against his sisters.
Besides, the Narcotics Control Bureau had also booked the actress, his brother and others in connection with the alleged drug supply chain which allegedly involved supplying narcotic substances to Sushant. The actress had filed the complaint against Sushant’s sisters in September 2020. Sushant's father had lodged a complaint against her in July 2020 in Patna. Rhea had claimed that Sushant had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in addition to other mental health issues, and that he had abruptly stopped medication.
Rhea had claimed that his sister Priyanka had been sending him medicines without proper diagnosis. Both the cases were taken up by the CBI for investigation. However, after the probe, the agency has decided to close the case and submitted the closure report.
