Sushant Singh Death Mystery – A Timeline till date

Sushant Singh Death Mystery – A Timeline till date
On June 14th 2020, the country woke up to a piece of news that shattered their heart and soul. One of India’s best and much-loved actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his apartment. And since then, the nation has been embroiled in a mysterious saga of finding the truth of what really happened with Sushant. In an attempt to understand this better, here’s a list of important events from that fateful day till today
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Sushant Singh Death Mystery – Month of June
June 14th: Sushant Singh Rajput’s domestic help and friends found his body hanging in his apartment. They informed the police after spending nearly 3 hours first knocking the door and then trying to get a locksmith and also Sushant’s sister to reach his home. Police came soon after and took his body away for a post-mortem
Sushant was 34 years old when he passed away. Depression was touted as the main reason, that the actor took this drastic step. Media reports mentioned that no suicide note was found at that time.

June 15th: Mumbai Police started the investigation and started questioning everyone they believed had something to do with Sushant during his time in Mumbai. Beginning on June 19th they started questioning people like his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, his friend Siddharth Pithani, his cook, Sushant’s business manager as well as publicist, Radhika Nihalani and Shruti Modi and other names like Aditya Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Salman Khan’s Manager. In all the Mumbai Police recorded the statements of 27 people related to the case. And here’s what we know of the investigation so far.

Sushant’s friend Siddharth Pithani on questioning stated that he had overheard the staff in his house that the actor had stopped taking medication, but he argued that he was not sure that Sushant was suffering from depression.

June 24th: The post-mortem of Suhsant’s body was done at Cooper Hospital in Mumbai and the final postmodern signed on by 5 doctors stated: “No struggle marks or external injuries” were found on his body and that the cause of death was asphyxia due to hanging. His nails were also found clean. The report cites the actor’s death as a “clear case of suicide with no other foul play.”

Sushant Singh Death Mystery – Month of July
July 28th: This report was not satisfactory for the actor’s family and his father filed an FIR with the Rajiv Nagar police station, Patna. In his FIR Sushant’s father accused six people, including actress Rhea Chakraborty, for abetment to suicide. Sushant’s father said
“While my son was doing extremely well in Bollywood till May 2019, a girl named Rhea Chakraborty and her family members and others got in touch with him so that she could use his contacts to make a career in the film industry.” “She along with her family members, namely Indrajit Chakraborty, Sandhya Chakraborty and Shauvik Chakraborty, started interfering in my son’s life. They even forced him to move out of the house he was living in, saying that some paranormal activities were going on there which had a big-time impact on my son’s mind. They forced him to live in a resort near Mumbai airport,” he said in his complaint.


July 31st: Rhea Chakraborty broke her silence on the FIR and said that “truth shall prevail” and her lawyer filed a plea seeking the transfer of the FIR filed by Sushant’s father from Patna to Mumbai.
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Sushant Singh Death Mystery – Month of August
August 5th: The Centre got involved in this case and informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to hand over the probe into Sushant Singh Rajput death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

August 7th: The ED got involved and questioned Rhea and her brother regarding their financial dealing with Sushant.

That’s the latest on the case so far, the next chapter in his case will be the hearing scheduled in the Supreme Court next week, regarding the transfer of the case. So, all eyes will be on the SC next week.
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