Sushant Singh Rajput death: Police record Aditya Chopra's statement

Yash Raj Film's head honcho Aditya Chopra has been questioned by the police in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide case. Aditya recorded his statement at Mumbai's Bandra Police Station on Saturday morning.

Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Saturday recorded the statement of filmmaker Aditya Chopra in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

Aditya arrived at Bandra Police Station on Saturday morning to give his statement.

Mumbai Police had earlier obtained a copy of Sushant's contract with Aditya's banner YRF. The contract revealed a three-film deal for the actor, offered by the production house.

According to reports, the contract revealed that Sushant was to be paid Rs 30 lakh for his first film, Rs 60 lakh for his second film and Rs 1 crore for his third film with the banner, provided the second release was a success at the box office. The report said that YRF reserved the right to decide if the film in question was a success or not.

Sushant's first film with YRF was Shuddh Desi Romance in 2013. He was paid Rs 30 lakh for the film, according to contract. His second YRF release was Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! in 2015, for which he was paid Rs 1 crore.

According to contract, Sushant's third film with YRF was to be Shekhar Kapur's Paani but the film reportedly ran into rough weather after Kapur had differences with the production house.

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Earlier, Shanoo Sharma, who is associated with Yash Raj Films (YRF), was also summoned at Bandra police station for questioning.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Police has, over the past weeks, also recorded statements of Sushant's family, staff, a few of his friends, and girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, besides filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Mukesh Chhabra and actor Sanjana Sanghi who worked with the late actor in his upcoming last film Dil Bechara.

Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging in his Mumbai residence on June 14. The actor's postmortem report stated his death was a suicide.

Within a few days of the actor's death, a complaint was filed by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. The case filed regarding the actor's death was against eight Bollywood personalities including Bhansali, Salman Khan, Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra and Ekta Kapoor.

Mumbai Police is investigating the death of the actor, though many fans on social media have been demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case.