Almost five years after Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his Mumbai home, the CBI has filed a closure report on its probe into his death, calling it a “simple case of suicide.
In a miscellaneous criminal application filed Friday before the Bandra magistrate court, the CBI, seeking to close the case, has absolved all named in two FIRs filed in the case, including actor Rhea Chakraborty, her parents, brother; and Rajput’s sister Priyanka and a doctor, named in a counter FIR filed by Rhea, concluding that there was no involvement of these persons in abetment of the suicide.
Rajput was found hanging by his staff at his Bandra residence on 14 June.
“The CBI has filed a closure report stating that it is a simple case of suicide before the Bandra court,” an official of the CBI told The Indian Express.
Officials declined to give details on the reason for the closure report. The CBI has filed a list of documents and witnesses along with its final report and the court has fixed April 8 for hearing the matter and further orders.
The CBI had filed an FIR on August 6, 2020, naming Rhea Chakraborty, her parents and brother, and two others, on charges including abetment of suicide, cheating, wrongful restraint, theft, criminal breach of trust, criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code. This FIR was on a complaint filed by Rajput’s father to Patna police, alleging that these persons had caused Rajput to take the extreme step.
As per procedure, when a closure report is filed, the investigating officer gives reasons for closing the case, including if there is insufficient evidence or no evidence to proceed against any of the accused. If the closure report is permitted, the case will be disposed of.
In 2020, after Rajput’s death, the Mumbai police had filed an Accidental Death Report.
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