Will CBI Take Over Sushant Death Case Probe? Verdict In SC Today

The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on Wednesday whether CBI should investigate the mysterious death by suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput two months ago.

- Dhananjay Mahapatra

Justice Hrishikesh Roy will give the verdict on a petition filed by Rajput’s friend and actor Rhea Chakraborty, who had sought transfer of the FIR lodged by Rajput’s father in Patna to Mumbai, where the actor was found dead.

The Bihar government had referred the Patna FIR to the CBI, leading the Centre to ask the probe agency to take up the case. However, Maharashtra government had opposed the Centre’s decision to hand the case over to CBI and said that the Patna FIR should be transferred to Mumbai police in whose jurisdiction the incident happened. Mumbai police are yet to register an FIR and have continued their inquiry under an accidental death report.