22:37 September 02
Ex-IPS officers urge HC to rein in news channels
Eight former IPS officers have moved the Bombay High Court against the "unfair, malicious and false media campaign" against Mumbai Police.
The "media trial" should be stopped, the plea urged the court.
The petitioners are former Maharashtra DGPs M N Singh, PS Pasricha, DK Sivanandan, Sanjiv Dayal, Satish Mathur and K Subramanyam, former Mumbai police commissioner DN Jadhav, and former additional DGP KP Raghuvanshi.
22:36 September 02
Rhea's father questioned for 10 hours
Rhea's father Indrajit Chakraborty left DRDO guesthouse after 10 hours of questioning today.
19:41 September 02
Sushant's family lawyer addresses media, says family pained by false campaign
Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh said that a malicious campaign was being run by few channels to defame his family and benefit actress Rhea Chakraborty, who has been accused of abetting the actor's suicide.
The senior advocate told the media that Sushant's three sisters -- Priyanka, Mitu and Rani -- told him that they are extremely pained by the negative and false campaign related to his mental health which has been started by some news channels.
"The campaign relates to his mental health. In spite of what has been said in FIR, it's being carried that family knew about his depression& concealed it," he said.
He further said that the FIR says abetment to suicide which is not a one-day incident but it is a series of events. The events that have unfolded the family thinks it can be murder but they will wait for the investigation to complete.
"Sushant Singh Rajput's father & sister have decided that no film/serial/book should be written/made without expressed consent of his father & without script being shown to him. If anyone goes against it, they will do it at their own peril," he said.
"The FIR clearly says after Rhea Chakraborty came Sushant Singh Rajput started having a problem, because he used to anxious. Whatever treatment she was getting him was never disclosed to the family. Some of the prescriptions that were shared just mention the tablets and not disease," Singh added.
19:40 September 02
Sushant was cut off from family, they were unable to help him with his problems, says lawyer
Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput was cut off from his family and therefore despite wanting to help him with his problems, they were not able to assist him, advocate Varun Singh, briefing lawyer of the family, said on Wednesday.
"It has never been our case that the family was unaware of. We have always said that there seemed to be a lot of problems and for which we (family) wanted to eventually rescue Sushant at an opportune time," Singh told media.
He said that a look at the FIR in the case clears what the case has been made out.
"Because he (Sushant) was cut off, the family was unable to assist him and help him tide over the problem, which is why unfortunately things have happened the way they have," Singh said.
15:49 September 02
Vishal Dadlani speaks out against alleged media trial of Rhea
Singer-music composer Vishal Dadlani has reacted to the alleged medial trial of Rhea Chakraborty.
Visha was responding to Shibani Dandekar's post, in which she called for justice for Rhea.
"You're a rock, @shibanidandekar. I'm proud of you, and lucky to count you among my very few friends. While I don't really know Rhea, it's heartbreaking to watch her be victimised by evidence-free conjectures in the media just so they can distract India from the real issues of COVID, China, the total failure of this government and the collapse of our Economy. Good on you for standing strong," Vishal commented.
15:44 September 02
SSR's business partner Varun Mathur leaves ED office
Sushant Singh Rajput's business partner Varun Mathur has left the Enforcement Directorate office after three hours of questioning.
His questioning began at 11 am. He was quizzed about a company called Innsaie Ventures Private Limited where he, Sushant and another person by the name Saurabh Mishra, were directors.
The company in the question was incorporated in March 2018 but was shut down shortly in early 2019.
The company was into E-wellness, health and wellness, Business IP's and communication. The ED was probing how much money was invested by the three partners.
15:39 September 02
Sushant's family lawyer to address media to dispel some rumours
Varun Singh, Briefing lawyer, in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, said that to dispel rumours and bring some clarity about the family's stance and their case, Vikas Singh (lawyer of Sushant Singh Rajput's father) will address media today.
"Our FIR has nothing to do with a drug angle. We have not stressed upon it," said Varun Singh.
14:54 September 02
SSR Death case LIVE updates
Mumbai: Two men were arrested after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) conducted a raid in Mumbai and also seized bud (curated marijuana) was from their possession.
The NCB launched an investigation after it received official communication from Enforcement Directorate (ED), in which there were various chats related to drug consumption, procurement, usage and transportation in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput case.
Taking cognizance of the matter, NCB conducted a preliminary inquiry and launched an investigation in this matter.
"In a separate incident, on an intervening night August 27-28, based on specific input, a raid was conducted at Mumbai and two persons namely Abbas Lakhani and Karn Arora were arrested and seizure of bud (curated marijuana) was affected from their possession. The detailed network analysis and in follow up investigation, uncovered the linkages of Abbas Lakhani with one Zaid Vilatra," read a release by the NCB.
"After the due procedure and taking evidence on record, Zaid was apprehended. During the search Indian currency (Rs 9,55,750) and foreign currency (USD 2081, 180 British Pound, 15 Dirham) was recovered, regarding which Zaid disclosed as proceeds of drug peddling," it said.
(ANI)