Sushant Singh Rajput's friend Siddharth Pithani arrives at ED office

Sushant Singh Rajput's friend Siddharth Pithani arrived at Enforcement Directorate (ED) office for questioning in the case on August 10. Meanwhile, Rhea Chakraborty and her family members are also being questioned by the agency.

Mumbai:Siddharth Pithani, the friend and flatmate of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput appeared before Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its probe in a money laundering case linked to the death of the actor.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday began a fresh round of questioning of actor Rhea Chakraborty and her family members in connection with its probe in a money laundering case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Rhea, her brother Showik and father Indrajit Chakraborty arrived at the office of the central probe agency in the Ballard Estate area around 11 am in response to their scheduled summons for Monday, officials said.

The agency had summoned Rajput's friend and roommate Pithani to appear before it in connection with the money laundering case that stems from the complaint filed by the actor's father with the Bihar Police in connection with his death.

Pithani, an IT professional, is stated to be out of Mumbai at present and may appear on Monday. He had told various news channels that he was present in the Bandra flat on June 14 when the 34-year-old actor hanged himself.

Pithani, stated to be living with Rajput for about a year, had earlier recorded his statement with the Mumbai Police as part of their accidental death report (ADR) probe in the case.

Meanwhile, Rhea her family members and business manager Shruti Modi are also being questioned by the agency.

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Rajput's 74-year-old father K K Singh, who resides in Patna, had on July 25 filed a complaint with the Patna police against Rhea, her parents (including mother Sandhya Chakraborty), Showik, Rajput's manager Samuel Miranda, Modi and unknown persons accusing them of cheating and abetting his son's suicide.

The CBI had re-registered this FIR as a fresh case on Thursday and named as accused the same people.

Singh also alleged financial irregularities in bank accounts of his son.

In the complaint, Singh alleged that Rs 15 crore was siphoned off from Rajput's bank account in one year to accounts of persons not known or connected to the late actor.

Under the ED's scanner are at least two companies linked to Rajput and some financial deals involving Rhea, her father and Showik, who are stated to be directors in these companies.

With inputs from ANI and PTI