Will CBI probe demise of SSR went from tragedy to sensational Tinseltown controversy?
Then, after an unexplained hiatus of 40 days, Sushant’s family alleged foul play. The spotlight then shifted to Sushant’s girlfriend rhea chakraborty and her family, whom Sushant’s father Krishna kishore Singh accused of siphoning off Rs 15 crore from his account and having abetted his suicide. In between, a convoluted potboiler began to simmer, one involving the death of Disha Salian, Sushant’s manager briefly, a few actors and a political battle between two states and their police machinery. Suddenly, the word ‘murder’ began doing the rounds.
On august 19, the case took its most dramatic turn when the supreme court, acting on Rhea’s petition challenging an investigation by the bihar police, handed over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The cbi must now find answers to the questions that have haunted headlines more than two months after Sushant died. Dr Harsh Sharma, director, State Forensic Science Laboratory at Sagar, madhya pradesh, who has investigated over 800 suicide deaths, dismisses his claim. The lack of bruises and abrasions on Sushant’s body and the half-open eye were typical of suicidal hanging, he added.