SSR death case LIVE: Rhea's father taken to ED office

15:55 August 27

Actor Rhea Chakraborty's father Indrajit Chakraborty has been taken to Axis Bank branch at Vakola, Santacruz by Mumbai Police.

15:24 August 27

Cops escort Rhea's father out of house for ED questioning

A team of Mumbai police reached the residence of actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused of abetting actor Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide, in Santacruz here on Thursday and took her father along for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), an official said.

The police team reached Chakraborty's house as per the request made by the ED.

14:58 August 27

Threat to my life and family, claims Rhea Chakraborty asks for police protection

Actor Rhea Chakraborty on Thursday said there was a threat to her and her family's lives and requested the Mumbai police for protection.

Rhea took to Instagram and shared a video where her father was seen being hounded by the media outside her building compound. She said they have been trying to get out of the house to cooperate with various investigating agencies probing actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

"The man in this video is my father Indrajit Chakraborty (retd. army officer). We have been trying to get out of our house to co-operate with ED, CBI and various investigation authorities to cooperate."

"There is a threat to my life and my family's life. We have informed the local police station and even gone there, no help provided. We have informed the investigation authorities to help us get to them, no help arrived. How is this family going to live?" the 28-year-old actor wrote.

12:09 August 27

Goa police join Drugs link probe

Goa police have also joined the NCB investigation to probe the drug angle in the death of Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. 

12:01 August 27

Drug peddler Gaurav Arya goes missing with his friend

Drug peddler Gaurav Arya goes missing with his friend

The alleged drug peddler Gaurav Arya, who is under the scanner of NCB team, is reportedly missing with this friend. According to reports, Gaurav Arya is missing from Goa with his friend Akshay Shetty. 

On August 16, a rave party was organised by Gaurav Arya and NCB team was supposed to question him in this regard. If reports are to be believed, Bollywood bigwigs Arbaaz Khan, Farooq Batta, Bakul Chandani and other Big Boss contestants might be summoned. 

11:10 August 27

CBI to probe Disha Salian's death case

In a new series of developments, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe the death of SSR's former manager Disha Salian who died under mysterious circumstances. Late actor's talent actor Jaya Saha will also be quizzed by CBI.

According to reports, Jaya Saha and Disha Salian used to work together in a talent company. Saha joined the company in 2009 and Salian joined it the firm in 2018. However, Disha left the company in 2019 and joined CornerStone Sports and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

10:48 August 27

Absence of hard evidence may result in Rhea escaping, says SSR's family lawyer

"If the CBI takes her (Rhea Chakraborty) into custody without any hard evidence and she gets bail, then the entire exercise would be counter-productive," said Vikas Singh

10:47 August 27

ED summons Rhea's father again

Indrajeet Chakraborty, father of actor Rhea Chakraborty, has been summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) again.

10:40 August 27

Showik Chakraborty reaches DRDO guest house for CBI questioning

Showik Chakraborty, brother of actor Rhea Chakraborty, arrived at the DRDO guest house in Santacruz, Mumbai, where CBI team investigating the actor's death case, is staying. His statement is being recorded by CBI.

10:38 August 27

NCB to probe Bollywood drug nexus

NCB team from Mumbai has also been asked to start analysing the network of drug peddlers in Mumbai. It has also been asked to look into the Bollywood network: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)

09:55 August 27

NCB team leaves for Mumbai for investigation in SSR's death case

A team has been formed and has left from Delhi for investigation in the drugs-related matter in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. 

"An investigation has been put into motion," said Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to reporters.

09:19 August 27

Rhea poisoned Sushant, killed him; arrest her: SSR's father

Sushant Singh Rajput's father KK Singh said, "Rhea Chakraborty was giving poison to my son, Sushant from a long time, she is his murderer. The investigating agency must arrest her and her associates."

09:15 August 27

Pithani reaches DRDO guest house

SSR's flatmate Siddharth Pithani arrived at DRDO guest house in Mumbai, where CBI team investigating the actor's death case, is staying.

08:10 August 27

'Why are we still waiting to take criminals in custody?', asks SSR's sister

Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta Singh Kriti took it to twitter and sought answers as to why criminals have not been taken under custody.

"Why are we still waiting to take the criminals under custody??", read her tweet. 

She shared points that have come to light after CBI investigation in the last couple of days about Rhea destroying hard disks and giving drugs to Sushant.

06:48 August 27

CBI to inquire about Rhea Chakraborty's Mortuary visit

CBI has found out that next day after Sushant Singh Rajput's dead, Rhea Chakraborty had visited the mortuary of Cooper Hospital. According to the information, entry in the mortuary is prohibited. But Rhea had visited the Mortuary of Cooper hospital where Shushant's Body was kept and had spent 45 minutes. Now, CBI will inquire as to how Rhea Chakraborty managed to get inside the mortuary and whether the doctors were aware that she went there. 

06:28 August 27

SSR death case: Siddharth Pithani, cook Neeraj leave DRDO guest house after CBI interrogation

Mumbai: The CBI continued to grill Sushant Singh Rajput's flat-mate Siddharth Pithani in the actor's death case on the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, a police official said.

Apart from Pithani, manager of a resort where Rajput had stayed for a brief period was also seen visiting the DRDO guest house at Kalina in Santacruz, where the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials are staying.

Pithani, who arrived at the guest house around 10 am, left more than 12 hours later, around 11 at night.

According to reports, in his confession to CBI, Pithani said that data from eight hard drives was destroyed on June 08 when Rhea left the house of Sushant. A team of IT professionals were reportedly called to erase the digital data at the late actor's home. 

Pithani, cook Neeraj Singh and domestic help Deepesh Sawant were present in Rajput's house at Mont Blanc Apartments in suburban Bandra when the 34-year-old actor was found hanging in his room on June 14.

Meanwhile, a team of Bandra Police visited the DRDO guest house and left after an hour, the official said.

Simultaneously, another team of the central agency visited the state-run Cooper Hospital in the city, where Rajput's autopsy had been performed.

CBI sleuths had on Friday recorded the statements of Pithani and Neeraj Singh.

On Saturday, they took Pithani, Neeraj and Sawant to Rajput's flat to reconstruct the sequence of events before he was found dead on June 14.

The three were again taken to the flat on Sunday and questioned at the DRDO guest house.

The manager of Water Stone Resort in Andheri, where Rajput had stayed for some time, also visited the DRDO guest house on Wednesday. He had been summoned by the CBI, the police official said.

The Supreme Court last week upheld the transfer of an FIR, lodged by Rajput's father in Patna against Rajput's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and others for allegedly abetting his suicide and misappropriating his money, to the CBI.